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Property Law Act 2023
sec.55Signing counterpart or true copy
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### sec.55 Signing counterpart or true copy
A document that is to have effect as a deed for a person may be signed by or for the person by signing a counterpart or true copy of the document.
For subsection (1) , if the counterpart or true copy is electronically signed by a person, the counterpart or true copy need not include any material included in the document about the method used for electronically signing the document.
In this section—
person includes a partnership, an unincorporated association and the State.
(sec.55-ssec.1) A document that is to have effect as a deed for a person may be signed by or for the person by signing a counterpart or true copy of the document.
(sec.55-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , if the counterpart or true copy is electronically signed by a person, the counterpart or true copy need not include any material included in the document about the method used for electronically signing the document.
(sec.55-ssec.3) In this section— person includes a partnership, an unincorporated association and the State.