Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 5-1106 – Issuance, amendment, cancellation and duration
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(1). A letter of credit is issued and becomes enforceable according to its terms against the issuer when the issuer sends or otherwise transmits it to the person requested to advise or to the beneficiary. A letter of credit is revocable only if it so provides.
[PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 5-1106
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Applicant: means a person at whose request or for whose account a letter of credit is issued. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 5-1102
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Beneficiary: means a person who under the terms of a letter of credit is entitled to have its complying presentation honored. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 5-1102
- Confirmer: means a nominated person who undertakes, at the request or with the consent of the issuer, to honor a presentation under a letter of credit issued by another. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 5-1102
- Issuer: means a bank or other person that issues a letter of credit, but does not include an individual who makes an engagement for personal, family or household purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 5-1102
- Letter of credit: means a definite undertaking that satisfies the requirements of section 5?1104 by an issuer to a beneficiary at the request or for the account of an applicant or, in the case of a financial institution, to itself or for its own account, to honor a documentary presentation by payment or delivery of an item of value. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 5-1102
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
(2). After a letter of credit is issued, rights and obligations of a beneficiary, applicant, confirmer and issuer are not affected by an amendment or cancellation to which that person has not consented except to the extent the letter of credit provides that it is revocable or that the issuer may amend or cancel the letter of credit without that consent.
[PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
(3). If there is no stated expiration date or other provision that determines its duration, a letter of credit expires one year after its stated date of issuance or, if none is stated, after the date on which it is issued.
[PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
(4). A letter of credit that states that it is perpetual expires 5 years after its stated date of issuance or, if none is stated, after the date on which it is issued.
[PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 429, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1997, c. 429, §A2 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 429, §A4 (AFF).