Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
R 385
Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937)Chapter VIII : Miscellaneous95. Attestation of powers of attorney executed in the Republic |
| (1) | Any power of attorney executed within the Republic shall, if it purports to give authority to pass, cede, amend or cancel a deed capable of being registered or to perform any act proper to be performed in a deeds registry, be attested either by two witnesses above the age of fourteen years, competent to give evidence in any court of law in the Republic, or by a magistrate, justice of the peace, commissioner of oaths or notary public, duly described as such: Provided that no person shall be competent to attest any power of attorney under which he is appointed as an agent or derives any benefit. |
| (2) | [Section 95(2) repealed by section 67 of Act No. 16 of 1967] |
