law: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 
  61. Presentment for acceptance 
  A bill of exchange payable after sight must, if no time or place
  
  is specified therein for presentment, be presented to the drawee thereof for
  
  acceptance, if he can, after reasonable search, be found, by a person entitled
  
  to demand acceptance, within a reasonable time after it is drawn, 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. If the drawee
  
  cannot, after reasonable search, be found, the bill is dishonored.
  If the bill is directed to drawee at a particular place, it must
  
  be presented at that place, and if at the due- date for presentment he cannot,
  
  after reasonable search, be found thereon, the bill is dishonored.
  17[When authorized by agreement or usage, a presentment through
  
  the post office by means of a registered letter is sufficient.]