66Confirmation of past transactions

66 Confirmation of past transactions (1) A deed containing a declaration by the owner of a legal estate in fee-simple or a term of years absolute that his estate shall go and devolve in such a manner as may be requisite for confirming any interests intended to affect his estate and capable of subsisting as legal estates which, at some prior date, were expressed to have been transferred or created, and any dealings therewith which would have been legal if those interests had been legally and validly transferred or created, shall, to the extent of the estate of such owner, operate to give legal effect to the interests so expressed to have been transferred or created and to the subsequent dealings aforesaid. (2) The powers conferred by this section may be exercised by a trustee for sale or a personal representative (being in each case such an owner as is mentioned in the last preceding subsection) as well as by an absolute owner, but if exercised by any person, other than an absolute owner, only with the leave of the Court. (3) This section shall apply only to deeds containing such a declaration as aforesaid if executed after the commencement of this Act. No. 3754 s. 67.