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Associations Incorporation Act 2009
22Execution of documents (including deeds) by an association
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#### 22 Execution of documents (including deeds) by an association
22 Execution of documents (including deeds) by an association
(cf [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth, section 127)
> > (1) An association may execute a document without using a common seal if the document is signed by 2 of its authorised signatories.
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> > (2) An association with a common seal may execute a document if the seal is fixed to the document and the fixing of the seal is witnessed by 2 of its authorised signatories.
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> > (3) An association may execute a document as a deed if the document is expressed to be executed as a deed and is executed in accordance with subsection (1) or (2).
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> > (4) This section does not limit the ways in which an association may execute a document (including a deed).
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> > (5) This section does not authorise an association to execute a document contrary to the provisions of its constitution.