Part 14Powers of attorney

Part 14—Powers of attorney 155—Power of attorney Any person may before, as well as after, becoming the registered proprietor of any land under the provisions of this Act, by power of attorney, authorise any person to act for him, in making applications to bring any land under the provisions of this Act, and to execute all or any instruments that may be necessary for giving effect to any dealing with any land. 156—Deposit of duplicate or attested copy (1) A duplicate or an attested copy of a power of attorney referred to in section 155 must be deposited in the Lands Titles Registration Office. (2) The date and time of depositing must be noted on the duplicate or attested copy. (3) The Registrar‑General must, before the depositing of a power of attorney under subsection (1), compare the original power of attorney with the duplicate or attested copy. 157—Revocation of power of attorney The grantor of any such power of attorney may revoke the same by signing an instrument in the appropriate form; and the Registrar-General shall enter a note of such revocation, including the date and time the revocation is deposited in the Lands Titles Registration Office, on the duplicate or copy of the power of attorney filed in the office; and from and after the date of such entry the Registrar-General shall not give effect to any application or other instrument executed pursuant to such power of attorney. 158—Power of attorney heretofore given All powers of attorney heretofore given containing powers to make and execute any of the applications and instruments above enumerated, shall be as valid and may be acted upon and revoked in the same manner as if given under this Act. 159—Entry of death of grantor The Registrar-General shall, upon proof to his satisfaction of the death of any grantor of a power of attorney, make an entry of such death upon the duplicate or copy of the power of attorney filed in his office. 160—Instruments executed before entry of revocation or death to be valid All instruments executed under any power of attorney before the entry of the revocation thereof, or of the death of the grantor as hereinbefore provided, shall be valid notwithstanding such revocation or death. 160A—Note of revocation or death may be made on electronic copy of power of attorney A requirement under this Part for entry of a note of the revocation of a power of attorney, or of the death of the grantor of a power of attorney, to be made on the duplicate or copy of the power of attorney will be taken to have been satisfied for the purposes of this Part if a note of the revocation or death is entered on an electronic copy of the duplicate or copy.