Clause 3

Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended by deleting subsections (2) and (3) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, all deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Board shall be sealed with the seal of the Board in the presence of the Chairman, or the Deputy Chairman, or a member of the Board, and an officer of the Board authorised by the Board in that behalf, who shall sign every such deed, document or other instrument to which the seal is affixed, and such signing shall be sufficient evidence that the seal was duly and properly affixed and that it is the lawful seal of the Board.(3) All deeds, documents and other instruments which relate to the sale, lease, assignment, mortgage or assurance whatsoever of any premises sold under the provisions of this Act may be sealed with the seal of the Board in the presence of any officer of the Board duly authorised by the Board to act in that behalf who shall sign every such deed, document or other instrument to which the seal is affixed, and such signing shall be sufficient evidence that the seal was duly and properly affixed and that it is the lawful seal of the Board.(4) No officer of the Board shall be authorised for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section unless he is a qualified person within the meaning of section 2 of the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 217).(5) The provisions of section 12 of the Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 281) shall not apply to any instrument purporting to have been executed under the provisions of subsection (2) or (3) of this section.”.