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Duty of persons signing cheques. - Before any person signs a cheque in ac- cordance with section 78 or signs any bill for payment of any amount from the 46 Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 77 Treasury, he shall satisfy himself that the sum which is specified, for payment in the bill or for which the cheque is drawn, as the case may be, is either - (a) required for a purpose or work specifically sanctioned by the proper authority and covered by a current budget-grant; or (b) required for any payment referred to, or specified in, section 79. Section 81