law: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 
  62. Presentment of promissory note for sight
  A promissory note, payable at a certain period after sight, must
  
  be presented to the maker thereof for sight (if he can after reasonable search be
  
  found) by a person entitled to demand payment, within a reasonable time after
  
  it is made and in business hours on a business day. In default of such
  
  presentment, no party thereto is liable thereon to the person making such
  
  default.