Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act 1940 (1940 c. 28)

1—3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F1] Ss. 1—3 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 c. 5 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2)

4 Proof of instruments creating powers of attorney.

(1) A document purporting to be—

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F2] S. 4(1)(a) repealed by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), s. 152(4), Sch. 7

(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;

[F3] Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

[M1] 1881 c. 41.

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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F4] S. 4(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)

5—7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5] Ss. 5—7, 8(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 c. 5 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2)

8 †Short title and interpretation.

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

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F6] Ss. 5—7, 8(2) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 c. 5 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2)