Commonwealth Numbered Acts

BOUNTY (SHIP REPAIR) ACT 1986 No. 128 of 1986 - SECT 18

18. (1) Where, under this Act, a claim or acknowledgment lodged by a person in
accordance with an approved form is required to be signed and witnessed as
required by this section, the form shall-

   (a)  where the person is a natural person, be signed personally in the
        presence of a witness by-

        (i)    the person; or

        (ii)   another natural person authorised by the first-mentioned person
               to sign forms under this Act on behalf of the firstmentioned
               person;

   (b)  where the person is a body corporate, be-

        (i)    under the seal of the first-mentioned person; or

        (ii)   signed personally in the presence of a witness by a natural
               person authorised by the first-mentioned person to sign forms
               under this Act on behalf of the first-mentioned person; and

   (c)  where the form is required to be signed by a natural person in the
        presence of a witness, state the name and address of the witness and
        contain a declaration signed by the witness stating that the form was
        signed in the presence of the witness.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be taken to have
authorised another person to sign forms under this Act on behalf of the
first-mentioned person if, and only if, the first-mentioned person has so
authorised the other person in writing delivered to the Comptroller, being
writing-

   (a)  where the first-mentioned person is a natural person, that-

        (i)    is signed personally in the presence of a witness by the
               firstmentioned person; and

        (ii)   states the name and address of the witness and contains a
               declaration signed by the witness stating that the writing was
               signed in the presence of the witness; or

   (b)  where the first-mentioned person is a body corporate - under the seal
        of the first-mentioned person.