0 a cheque that has been written for an amount of money that the person writing it knows they do not have, so it cannot be paid:
1 a cheque that is not paid because there is not enough money in the account to pay it:
Pregnant with her 7th child, she was caught passing bad cheques.
People could be imprisoned for life just for writing a bad cheque or stealing a bicycle.
Frank Abagnale, subject of Catch Me If You Can, passed bad cheques totalling $2.5 million over five years of criminal activity.
A judge was removed from the bench for illegally switching licence plates and writing 59 bad cheques.
