Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act 1943
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1943 c. 18 |
| Year | 1943 |
Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act, 1943
(6 & 7 Geo. 6.) CHAPTER 18.
An Act to amend the Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act, 1940, to provide for the proof of notarial acts of certain foreign, diplomatic and consular representatives, and for purposes connected therewith.
[22nd April 1943]
Be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Authority to administer oaths in certain countries.
1. The Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act, 1940(hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘principal Act’) shall have effect as if after subsection (2) of section one of that Act (which enables provision to be made for empowering officers of His Majesty's naval, military and air forces and members of the diplomatic, consular or other foreign service of a foreign Power to administer oaths and take affidavits in time of war) the following subsection were inserted—
(2A) If the Lord Chancellor is satisfied that in any country or place outside the United Kingdom conditions are such that adequate provision for the administration of oaths and the taking of affidavits cannot be made by means of orders conferring powers upon persons of the descriptions specified in the foregoing provisions of this section, he may by order provide for empowering other persons having such qualifications as may be specified in the order, or acting in any such capacity as may be so specified, to administer oaths and take affidavits in that country or place for all or any of the purposes aforesaid.’
2 Deposit of photographic copies of certain powers of attorney.
2. Rules of court made in pursuance of section three of the principal Act (which requires the deposit or registration of certain instruments creating powers of attorney executed outside the United Kingdom during the present war) may make provision, in such cases and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the rules, for the deposit or registration of photographic copies of such instruments and of any affidavits of due execution required in connection therewith, instead of the originals.
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