Singapore legislation
Clause 149
Clause 149
General attorneys
(1)
Where in a power the attorney is described as the “general attorney” of the principal, the attorney shall be presumed by purchasers of registered land to have power to do all things the doing of which could lawfully be delegated by the principal.
(2)
This section shall apply only —
to powers executed within Singapore; and
to powers executed outside Singapore which are expressed to be made in pursuance of this section.
(3)
The generality of the authority of an attorney who has been appointed a “general attorney” shall not be restricted by reason of the fact that the instrument appointing him also confers specific powers.
(4)
A general attorney may be appointed in relation to one or more specified items of property, and his authority as general attorney, and the exoneration conferred by this section, shall be restricted to those items.