55Authentication and execution of documents

55 Authentication and execution of documents (1) A document or proceeding requiring authentication by an incorporated association may be authenticated by the signature of the public officer or the secretary (if any) of the association and need not be authenticated under the common seal (if any) of the association. (2) An incorporated association may execute a document without using a common seal if the document is signed by 2 committee members of (3) An incorporated association may, by the signature of 2 committee members of the association, empower a person, either generally or in relation to a stated matter, as its agent or attorney, to execute deeds on its behalf. (4) A deed signed by the agent or attorney on behalf of the association binds the association. Miscellaneous Division 3.8 (5) The authority of an agent or attorney empowered to act on behalf of an incorporated association under subsection (2), as between the association and a person dealing with the agent or attorney, continues during the period (if any) stated in the instrument conferring the authority or, if no period is stated, until notice of the revocation or termination of the agent’s or attorney’s authority has been given to that person. (6) Nothing in this section is taken— (a) to affect the operation of any law in force in the ACT that requires some consent or sanction to be obtained, or some procedure to be complied with, in relation to the entering into, variation or discharge of a contract; or (b) to prevent an incorporated association from entering into, varying or discharging a contract under its common seal (if any). (7) In this section: officer does not include a person mentioned in the dictionary, definition of officer, paragraph (c).