Land Titles Act 1993 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 16 · Powers of Attorney
149. General attorneys
Feedback & supportWhere in a power the attorney is described as the “general attorney” of the principal, the attorney is to 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 pursuant to 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 the attorney also confers specific powers.
A general attorney may be appointed in relation to one or more specified items of property, and the attorney’s authority as general attorney, and the exoneration conferred by this section, is restricted to those items.
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,