# The Japanese Treaty of Peace Order 1952, Article 4


(1) The Administrator shall act under the general direction of the Board and shall have the powers conferred upon him and the duties imposed upon him by this Order and by any other Order in Council made under the Act and may do all such things as he may consider necessary or desirable for carrying out the powers and duties so conferred and imposed.
(2) The Administrator may sue or be sued in the name of the Administrator of Japanese Property.
(3) The Administrator shall have an official seal and power to hold land without licence in mortmain.
(4) The seal of the Administrator shall be authenticated by the signature of the Administrator or some other person authorised by the Administrator to act in that behalf.
(5) Any contract or instrument which, being entered into or executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not require to be under seal, may be entered into or executed on behalf of the Administrator by any person generally or specially authorised by him for that purpose.
(6) Any document purporting to be a document duly executed or issued under the seal of the Administrator authenticated as aforesaid or purporting to be signed by the Administrator or any person authorised to act on his behalf, unless the contrary be proved, shall be deemed to be a document so executed or issued or so signed, as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1952/862/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/japanese-treaty-of-peace-order-1952/article-4
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