132. General attorneys
Feedback & supportWhere in a power executed after the commencement of this Act, 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.
This section applies only —
to powers executed within Singapore; and
to powers executed outside Singapore which are expressed to be made in pursuance of this section.
The generality of the authority of an attorney who has been appointed a “general attorney” is not restricted by reason of the fact that the instrument appointing him also confers specific powers.
attorney
“attorney” means any person appointed by an instrument under seal to act as the agent for or on behalf of a principal in relation to transactions with registered land, whether the agent is called attorney, receiver, broker, factor or otherwise, and, where the context admits,
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, are restricted to those items.[128