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POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 1



1.(1) An instrument creating a power of attorney shall be signed and sealed
by, or by direction and in the presence of, the donor of the power.

(2) Where such an instrument is signed and sealed by a person by direction and
in the presence of the donor of the power, two other persons shall be present
as witnesses and shall attest the instrument.

(3) This section is without prejudice to any requirement in, or having effect
under, any other Act as to the witnessing of instruments creating powers of
attorney and does not affect the rules relating to the execution of
instruments by bodies corporate.


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