MT 256 Field Specifications

15. Field 19: Total Cheque Amount

FORMAT

17d

(Amount)

PRESENCE

Conditional (see rules C5 and C6) in mandatory sequence C

DEFINITION

This field specifies the sum of all occurrences of field 32J in sequence B.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

The integer part of the Amount must contain at least one digit. A decimal comma is mandatory and is included in the maximum length. The number of decimal digits in field 19 must not exceed the maximum for its corresponding currency in field 32A in sequence C (Error code(s): C03,T40,T43).