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REAL PROPERTY ACT 1886 - SECT 267

267—Witnessing of instruments

        (1)         If a provision of this Act requires the signing of an instrument by or on behalf of a party to the instrument, the signing of the instrument must be witnessed by a person who either knows the person signing the instrument personally or is satisfied as to his or her identity.

        (2)         The witness—

            (a)         must be aged 18 years or over; and

            (b)         must not be a party to the instrument.

        (3)         The witness must sign his or her name as witness and the full name and address of the witness and a telephone number at which he or she can ordinarily be contacted during business hours must be legibly printed under the witness' signature.



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