Companies.
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exchange and
notes.
33. A bill of exchange or promissory note shall be
Bills of
deemed to have been made, accepted, or indorsed on behalf
promissory
of a company if made, accepted, or indorsed in the name of, or by or on behalf or on account of, the company by any person acting under its authority.
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19 & 20 Geo. 5,
c. 23, s. 30.
of deeds
abroad.
34. (1) A company may, by writing under its common
Execution
seal, empower any person, either generally or in respect of any specified matters, as its attorney, to execute deeds on its behalf in any place not situate in the Colony.
(2) A deed signed by such an attorney on behalf of the company and under his seal shall bind the company and have the same effect as if it were under its common seal.
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19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 23, s. 31.
1 of 1919, s. 6.
company to
seal for use
abroad.
19 & 20 Geo. 5,
c. 23, s. 32.
35. (1) A company whose objects require or comprise
Power for
the transaction of business outside the Colony, may, if
have official
authorized by its articles, have for use in any territory, district, or place not situate in the Colony, an official seal, which shall be a facsimile of the common seal of the company, with the addition on its face of the name of every territory, district, or place where it is to be used.
(2) A deed or other document to which an official seal is duly affixed shall bind the company as if it had been sealed with the common seal of the company.
(3) A company having an official seal for use in any such territory, district or place may, by writing under its common seal, authorize any person appointed for the purpose in that territory, district or place, to affix the official seal to any deed or other document to which the company is party in that territory, district or place.
(4) The authority of any such agent shall, as between the company and any person dealing with the agent, continue during the period, if any, mentioned in the instrument conferring the authority, or if no period is there mentioned, then until notice of the revocation or determination of the agent's authority has been given to the person dealing with him.
(5) The person affixing any such official seal shall, by writing under his hand, certify on the deed or other instrument, to which the seal is affixed, the date on which and the place at which it is affixed.
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1 of 1949, s. 7.
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