# Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, Section 56: Execution of documents: presumption of validity of officer's signature


(1) This section applies to a document—
(a) by which a contract is purportedly made, varied or discharged by or on behalf of a registered society, and
(b) which is purportedly signed by a person holding an office in the society.
(2) The signature is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be the signature of a person holding that office at the time the signature was made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/14/section/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014/section-56
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