Subsection 2: Copies.

Any bearer of a bill of exchange has the right to make copies of it. The copy must reproduce exactly the original with the endorsements and all other particulars appearing thereon. It must indicate where it stops. It may be endorsed and guaranteed in the same manner and with the same effects as the original.

The copy must name the holder of the original document of title. The latter is bound to deliver the said document of title to the lawful bearer of the copy. If he refuses to do so, the bearer may exercise recourse against the persons who have endorsed or endorsed the copy only after having it established by a protest that the original has not been delivered to him at his…