Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
(1)
Except as hereinafter provided no instrument purporting to create a power of attorney shall, after the commencement of this Act, have any validity to create such power within *Peninsular Malaysia until—
*NOTE—All references to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as reference to “Peninsular Malaysia”
–see the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997 [Act A996], subsection 5(2).
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(a)
a true copy of the said instrument duly compared therewith and marked by the Senior Assistant Registrar with the words “true copy”; or
(b)
where the original instrument is deposited in the registry of the Supreme Court in Singapore, an office copy of such instrument, has been deposited in the office of a Senior Assistant Registrar.
Translation
(2)
If the instrument whereof a true copy or an office copy is so deposited is in any language other than the national language or
English there shall also at the same time be deposited a translation into the national language or English thereof certified by an interpreter attached to the Court qualified to interpret in the language in which the instrument is written, or, if there be no such interpreter, a translation into the national language or English verified by a statutory declaration of some person qualified to translate from the language in which the instrument is written into the national language or English to the effect that such translation is to the best of his knowledge and belief a true translation.
Fees
(3)
There shall be payable in respect of the deposit of documents under this section such fees as may from time to time be prescribed.
Exception
(4)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to instruments executed and used for the sole purpose of carrying out transactions in the office of a Registrar of Titles or a Land Administrator or a Chief Inspector or
Senior Inspector of Mines, provided they are attested in accordance with any law for the time being in force regarding the attestation of such instruments.
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