PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY H. MYERS, GOVERNMENT PRINTER
AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG
POWERS OF ATTORNEY (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
No. 34 of 1987
Ord. No. 34/87
A159
L.S.
I assent.
David WILSON,
Governor.
4 June 1987
An Ordinance to amend the Powers of Attorney Ordinance.
[5 June 1987]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Powers of Attorney (Amend- Short title. ment) Ordinance 1987.
2.
Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after Amendment of subsection (7) the following-
(34 of 1987.)
(34 of 1987.)
"(8) No statutory declaration relating to a power of attorney made under subsection (4)(b) at any time after the commencement of the Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Ordinance 1987 shall be sufficient if made before—
(a) a solicitor who acted for the declarant or the donee of the power of attorney in the transaction referred to in subsection (2);
(b) a solicitor acting, or who has acted, for a party in any transaction affected by the statutory declaration;
(c) a partner, clerk or employee of a solicitor mentioned
in paragraph (a) or (b); or
(d) a partner, clerk or employee of a partner of a
solicitor mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
(9) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that a statutory declaration made under subsection (4)(b) at any time prior to the commencement of the Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Ordinance 1987 shall not be invalid
section 5.
(Cap. 31.)
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