With the exception of bearer cheques, any cheque issued in one country and payable in another country or in an overseas part of the same country and vice versa, or issued and payable in the same part or in various overseas parts of the same country, may be drawn up in several identical copies. Where a cheque is drawn up in several copies, these copies must be numbered in the text of the instrument itself, failing which each copy is considered to be a separate cheque.