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Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act 1940 1940 c.28 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]
Propose a change(1) A document purporting to be— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (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 Court of Judicature under section forty-eight of the Conveyancing 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. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Propose a change(1) This Act may be cited as the Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act, 1940. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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