28 Jul 1982
JOHN DAVID ROOT AND ANOTHER v. NANYANG COMMERCIAL BANK LTD
- Citation
- JOHN DAVID ROOT AND ANOTHER v. NANYANG COMMERCIAL BANK LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1119/1982
The passbook rules did not make production of the passbook a condition precedent to the bank's liability to repay; the English wording was permissive ('will on production repay') and the Chinese version regulated the depositor's right to withdraw rather than creating a mandatory bank obligation, so the bank's inherent debtor obligation to repay on demand remained; plaintiffs sufficiently explained non-production due to seizure thereby entitling them to repayment.