Section 5: Effect where different parties to a bill are the same person.
(1) A bill may be drawn payable to, or to the order of, the drawer; or it may be drawn payable to, or to the order of, the drawee.
(2) Where in a bill the drawer and the drawee are the same person, or where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract, the holder may treat the instrument, at his option, either as a bill of exchange or as a promissory note.
Cite this section
Section 5, BILLS OF EXCHANGE ACT (1917).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/bills-of-exchange-act/section/5/