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§12A-4A-303.
§12A-4A-303.
ERRONEOUS EXECUTION OF PAYMENT ORDER
(a) A receiving bank that (i) executes the payment order of the sender
by issuing a payment order in an amount greater than the amount of the
sender's order, or (ii) issues a payment order in execution of the
sender's order and then issues a duplicate order, is entitled to
payment of the amount of the sender's order under subsection (e) of
Section 27 of this act if that subsection is otherwise satisfied. The
bank is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the erroneous
order the excess payment received to the extent allowed by the law
governing mistake and restitution.
(b) A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by
issuing a payment order in an amount less than the amount of the
sender's order is entitled to payment of the amount of the sender's
order under subsection (c) of Section 27 of this act if (i) that
subsection is otherwise satisfied and (ii) the bank corrects its
mistake by issuing an additional payment order for the benefit of the
beneficiary of the sender's order. If the error is not corrected, the
issuer of the erroneous order is entitled to receive or retain payment
from the sender of the order it accepted only to the extent of the
amount of the erroneous order. This subsection does not apply if the
receiving bank executes the sender's payment order by issuing a
payment order in an amount less than the amount of the sender's order
for the purpose of obtaining payment of its charges for services and
expenses pursuant to instruction of the sender.
(c) If a receiving bank executes the payment order of the sender by
issuing a payment order to a beneficiary different from the
beneficiary of the sender's order and the funds transfer is completed
on the basis of that error, the sender of the payment order that was
erroneously executed and all previous senders in the funds transfer
are not obliged to pay the payment orders they issued. The issuer of
the erroneous order is entitled to recover from the beneficiary of the
order the payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing
mistake and restitution.
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