Section 309
Documents to accompany instruments executed under power of attorney
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
Where any instrument presented for registration under this Part has been executed on behalf of any person or body under a power of attorney, it shall be accompanied by—
(a)
an office copy thereof within the meaning of section 10
of the Powers of Attorney Act 1949, or, in the case of a power to which subsection 4(4) of that Act applies, the original thereof; and
(b)
subject to subsection (2), a copy thereof for retention by the Registrar.
(2)
Where a copy of any power of attorney has once been delivered to the Registrar pursuant to paragraph (1)(b), and filed by him in accordance with section 310, it shall not be necessary to send a further copy under that paragraph with any instrument subsequently executed under the same power.
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Provisions of the
National Land Code
Modification
Subsection 309(1)
In its application to the Federal Territory of Labuan, substitute for paragraph (a) the following paragraph:
“(a) an office copy of the power of attorney under subsection 83(4) of the Stamp
Ordinance [Cap. 137], or an original copy of power of attorney attested by one of the following persons:
(i)
Magistrate;
(ii)
Justice of the Peace;
(iii)
Notary Public;
(iv)
Commissioner for Oaths;
(v)
Advocates; or
(vi)
Registrar; and”.
Act 828
(3)
The references in subsection (2) to paragraph (1)(b), and section 310, shall be construed as including references to the corresponding provisions of any previous land law.