The Powers-of Attorney Act, 1882
Section 5. Power-of-attorney of married women.
1[A married woman of full age shall, by virtue of this Act, have power, as if she were unmarried,] by a non-testamentary instrument, to appoint an attorney on her behalf, for the purpose of executing any non-testamentary instrument or doing any other act which she might herself execute or do; and the provisions of this Act, relating to instruments creating powers-ofattorney, shall apply thereto.
This section applies only to instruments executed after this Act comes into force.
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