Yahoo! News - Court Won't Accept Check on TombstoneFri Oct 3,11:13 AM ET
LONDON - A peace activist attempted to pay a court fine with a check chiseled on a small tombstone Friday, as a protest at the number of civilians killed in the recent war in Iraq (news - web sites).
Court officials refused to accept the check.
Nick Buxton, a 31-year-old aid worker from London, was fined 120 pounds (US$200) for blocking the entrance to a military base in January.
His "check," complete with account number signature, was made from cast stone and weighed about five pounds. On the reverse side was written "RIP 25,000 dead in Iraq" — a "conservative estimate," Buxton said, of the number of civilians killed in the Iraq conflict.
The Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS), the British trade association of banks and building societies, said a check can be written on anything and be legally valid as long as all the proper details are included.
"The classic example was someone who wrote a check on the side of a live cow, while others have written checks on clothing, or on paving stones," said Stephanie Watson, a spokeswoman for APACS.
"However, the payee can always refuse a check, just as a shopkeeper can demand to be paid in cash," she said.
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