2. Definitions .-In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, -
5[(1) Allotment list. -“allotment list ” means a list containing details of allotment of the securities
intimated by the issuer to the depository under sub -section ( 2) of section 8 of the Depositories Act,
1996 (22 of 1996) ;
(1A)“banker ” includes a bank and any person acting as a banker; ] (2)Bill of exchange. -“bill of exchange ” means a bill of exchange as defined by the Negotiable
Instruments Act, 1881, (26 of 188 1), and includes also a hundi, and any other document entitling or
purporting to entitle any person, whether named therein or not, to payment by any other person of, or
to draw upon any other person for, any sum of money; (3)Bill of exchange payable on deman d. -“bill of exchange payable on demand ” includes - (a)an order for the payment of any sum of money by a bill of exchange or promissory note, or
for the delivery of any bill of exchange or promissory note in satisfaction of any sum of money, or
for the payment of any sum of money out of any particular fund which may or may not be
available, or upon any condition or contingency which may or may not be performed or happen;