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Law of Property Act 2000
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54 Receipt in instrument or endorsed evidence sufficient in
favour of purchaser
(1) In favour of a subsequent purchaser not having notice that the
money or other consideration acknowledged to be received was not
in fact paid or given wholly or in part, a receipt for consideration
money or other consideration in the body of a deed or instrument or
endorsed on the deed or instrument is sufficient evidence of the
payment or giving of the whole amount of the money or other
consideration.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to deeds or instruments executed or
endorsements made before or after the commencement of this Act.