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Law of Property Act 2000
49Delivery of deeds
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49 Delivery of deeds
(1) On the commencement of this Act:
(a) execution of an instrument:
(i) in the form of a deed; or
(ii) in a manner provided for in section 47 or 48, does not of
itself import delivery; and
(b) delivery is not to be presumed from the fact of execution only
unless it appears that execution of the document was intended
to constitute delivery of the document.
(2) Subject to subsection (1), delivery may be inferred from any fact or
circumstance, including words and conduct, indicative of delivery.
(3) In this section, delivery means the intention to be legally bound
either immediately or subject to fulfilment of a condition.