Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act 1940

3 & 4 Geo. 6 c. 28 · Enacted 13 June 1940 · Extends to United Kingdom

An Act to empower certain officers and other persons to administer oaths and take affidavits, to facilitate the proof in criminal proceedings of documents intercepted in the post, and to make further provision as respects powers of attorney.

[13th June 1940]C1 C2 C3 C4

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Modifications

C1: Act applied by S.I. 1966/1168
C2: Words of enactment omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3
C3: A dagger appended to a marginal note means that it is no longer accurate
C4: Act extended by S.I. 1985/226, rule 41

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4Proof of instruments creating powers of attorney.
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8†Short title and interpretation.

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4Proof of instruments creating powers of attorney.C1

(1)

A document purporting to be—

(a)

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(b)

an extract of an instrument creating a power of attorney registered in Scotland in the books of council and session; or

(c)

an office copy of an instrument deposited in the proper office of the F2Court of Judicature under section forty-eight of the M1Conveyancing Act, 1881, as it applies to Northern Ireland;

shall, in any part of the United Kingdom, without further proof be sufficient evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been so deposited or registered.

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8†Short title and interpretation.

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act, 1940.

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