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ANNEX TO XCR (87)55

A BILL

To

Amend the Powers of Attorney Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Powers of

Attorney (Amendment) Ordinance 1987.

Amendment of section 5. (Cap. 31.)

2. Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is

amended by inserting after subsection (7) the following

( of 1987.)

"(8) No statutory declaration

relating to a power of attorney made

under subsection (4)(5) at any time after

the commencement of the Powers of Attorney

(Amendment) Ordinance 1987 shall be

sufficient if made before

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(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;