(a) 
         A Reserve Bank or a subsequent collecting bank may, if instructed by the sender, present a noncash item for acceptance in any manner authorized by law if—
     
    
        
        (1) 
         The item provides that it must be presented for acceptance;
     
    
        
        (2) 
         The item may be presented elsewhere than at the residence or place of business of the payor; or
     
    
        
        (3) 
         The date of payment of the item depends on presentment for acceptance.
     
    
        
        (b) 
         Documents accompanying a noncash item shall not be delivered to the payor upon acceptance of the item unless the sender specifically authorizes delivery. A Reserve Bank shall not have or assume any other obligation to present or to send for presentment for acceptance any noncash item.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [62 FR 48172, Sept. 15, 1997]