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(5) The signature of an officer of the Public Trustee duly authorised by him in writing to sign applications on his behalf shall for the purposes of this Regulation be deemed to be the signature of the Public Trustee. Any such authority as in this Regulation mentioned shall be lodged with the Controller of the Post Office Savings Bank at least 48 hours before any application signed by virtue of that autnority is presented.
43.—(1) A Warrant shall be presented by the person named therein or by a person duly authorised by him to receive the sum specified in the Warrant.
(2) An authority to receive the amount payable on a Warrant must be given either by Power of Attorney duly executed in the presence of a witness, or by a letter or order signed as herein- after provided.
(3) Save as in the next sub-clause mentioned, the letter or order must be signed in the presence of :-
(a) Any responsible officer of the Postmaster-General other
than the Paying Officer.
(b) Any person approved by the Postmaster-General in that
behalf.
(4).—(i) Where the person named in the Warrant is abroad and is not serving in the Army or Navy, the Power of Attorney must be executed or the letter or order signed in the presence of a Notary Public, or of the British Consular Authority, or the duly appointed British Chaplain, or some constituted authority of the place in which such person is residing.
(ii) Where the person named in the Warrant is serving in the Army or Navy, the Power of Attorney may be executed or the letter or order signed in the presence of a Commissioned Officer of his Regiment or Ship.
(iii) Where the person named in the Warrant is at sea, the Power of Attorney must be executed or the letter or order signed in the presence of the Master or Officer in charge of his vessel.
(5) The Postmaster-General may, at his discretion, in any case in which he thinks fit, dispense with the attestation of the signature of any such letter or order as is referred to in this Regulation.
(6) Any such order as is mentioned in this Regulation shall be in the prescribed form, or in any other form approved by the Postmaster-General, and any such letter or order, as is mentioned in this Regulation, may be signed by a minor if he has attained the age of seven years.
(7) Any document signed by a minor in accordance with this Regulation shall be valid and binding upon him, as if being of full age he had signed such document.
(8) Where a Power of Attorney, or any such letter or order as in this Regulation mentioned, authorises payment to be made to one or more persons trading under any style or firm or to a Body Corporate, or Corporation Sole, any person purporting to
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be a member of such firm or Body Corporate or to be an officer thereof, or of the Corporation Sole and to be accredited to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General may present the Warrant, and the signature of such person shall be a good discharge to the Postmaster-General for the sum specified in the Warrant.
(9) This Regulation shall not apply to monies deposited in the name of a Registrar of a County Court or in the name of the Public Trustee either solely or jointly with other names.
Postmaster
44. The Postmaster-General shall in no case be responsible Respon- for the misapplication of any sum payable on a Warrant by any gibility of Friendly Society, Charitable Society, Body Corporate, or Cor- General. poration Sole, or by any trustees, directors, officer or representa- tive of any such Society, Body or Corporation, or of any Government Department, or by the Registrar of any County Court, or the Public Trustee, or any officer of the Registrar or the Public Trustee, or person authorised by the Registrar or Public Trustee to receive payment of the sum payable on a Warrant.
Payment of Small Sums without Notice of Withdrawal.
45. (1) When the sum which a depositor wishes to with- Payment on draw does not exceed £1 he may without previous notice apply demand. for payment at any Savings Bank Office, and if upon produc- tion of the deposit book the Postmaster is satisfied that a sufficient amount is standing to the depositor's credit to allow of payment of the required amount, and if such payment can be made without inconvenience to the business of the Post Office, the Postmaster may make payment accordingly, subject to the following rules, that is to say:
(a) The application must be in the prescribed form (a printed copy of which may be obtained at any Savings Bank Office), and must be accompanied by the deposit book.
(b) Payment shall be made only to the depositor in person. (c) The depositor shall produce evidence to the satisfaction of the Postmaster or other Officer, that he is the person entitled to receive the amount stated in the application.
(d) The depositor must sign the receipt on the form of application in the presence of the Paying Officer, and that receipt shall be a good discharge to the Post- master-General for the sum specified in the application. (e) The Paying Officer shall enter the amount paid in the deposit book, and attest the entry with his initials and the dated stamp of his office.
(f) The Paying Officer shall retain the deposit book and forward it forthwith to the Controller of the Post Office Savings Bank, by whom it shall be returned in due course to the depositor except when the account is closed.
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