
1—3. 

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(1) A document purporting to be—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(b) an extract of an instrument creating a power of attorney registered in Scotland in the books of council and session; or
(c) an office copy of an instrument deposited in the proper office of the Court of Judicature under section forty-eight of the Conveyancing Act, 1881, as it applies to Northern Ireland;
shall, in any part of the United Kingdom, without further proof be sufficient evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the fact that it has been so deposited or registered.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5—7. 

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(1) This Act may be cited as the Evidence and Powers of Attorney Act, 1940.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 