Powers-of-Attorney Act, 1882

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THE POWERS-OF-ATTORNEY ACT, 1882 
 
 
 
CONTNETS 
1.  Short title, extent and commencement 
2.  Execution under power-of-attorney 
3.  Payment by attorney under power, without notice of death, etc., good 
4.  Deposit of original instruments creating powers-of-attorney 
5.  Power-of-attorney of married women 
*6.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*[Repealed] 
 
 

 
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THE POWERS-OF-ATTORNEY ACT, 1882 
ACT NO. VII OF 1882 
[24th February, 1882]  
An Act to amend the law relating to Powers-of-Attorney 
For the purpose of amending the law relating to Powers -of-Attorney; It is hereby enacted as 
follows:___  
1. Short title, extent and commencement. ___This Act may be called the Powers-of-Attorney 
Act, 1882.  
1[It extends to the whole of Pakistan ;] and it shall come into force on the first day of May 1882.  
2. Execution under power-of-attorney.___The donee of a power-of-attorney may, if he thinks 
fit, execute or do any assurance, instrument or thing in and with his own name and signature,  and his 
own seal, where sealing is required, by the authority of the donor of the power; and every assurance, 
instrument and thing so executed and done, shall be as eff ectual in law as if it had been executed or 
done by the donee of the power in the name, and with the signature and seal, of the donor thereof.  
This section applies to powers -of-attorney created by instruments executed either before or 
after this Act comes into force.  
3. Payment by attorney under power, witho ut notice of death, etc., good. ___Any person 
making or doing any payment or act in good faith, in pursuance of a power -of-attorney, shall not be 
liable in respect of the payment or act by reason that, before the payment or act, the donor of the power 
had died or become lunatic, of unsound mind, or bankrupt, or insolvent, or had revoked the power, if 
the fact of death, lunacy, unsoundness of mind, bankruptcy, insolvency or revocation was not, at the 
time of the payment or act, known to the person making or doing the same.  
But this section shall not affect any right against the payee of any person interested in any 
money so paid; and that person shall have the like remedy against the payee as he would hav e had 
against the payer, if the payment had not been made by him.  
This section applies only to payments and acts made or done after this Act comes into force. 
4. Deposit of original instruments creating power s-of-attorney.___(a)  An instrument 
creating a power -of-attorney, its execution being verified by affidavit, statutory declaration or other 
sufficient evidence, may, with the affidavit or declaration, if any, be deposited in the High Court within 
the local limits of whose jurisdiction the instrument may be.  
(b)  A separate file of instruments so deposited shall be kept; and any person may search that 
file, and inspect every instrument so deposited; and a certified copy thereof shall be delivered out to 
him on request.  
 
 
1Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance No. XXI of 1960, s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).   
 
 
 
 
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  (c)  A copy of an instrument so deposited may be presented at the office and may be stamped 
or marked as a certified copy, and, when so stamped or marked, shall become and be a certified copy.  
 
 (d)  A certified copy of an instrument so deposited shall, without further proof, be sufficient 
evidence of the contents of the instrument and of the deposit thereof in the High Court.  
 
 (e)  The High Court may, from time to time, make rules for the purposes of this section, and 
prescribing, with the concurrence of the l[Provincial Government], the fees to be taken under clauses 
(a), (b), and (c).  
 
 (f)  2[*  *  *  *  *  *  *]  
 (g)  This section applies to instruments creating powers-of-attorney executed either before or 
after this Act comes into force.  
5. Power-of-attorney of married women.___A married woman, whether a minor or not, shall, 
by virtue of this Act, have power , as if she were unmarried and of full age, 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 provision s of this 
Act, relating to instruments creating powers-of-attorney, shall apply thereto.  
3[This section shall not apply to a Muslim married woman.]  
6. 4[Repealed]  
 
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Date: 13-06-2024 
1Subs. by A.O., 1937.  
2Rep. by the Lower Burma Courts Act No. VI of 1900, s. 48 and Sch. II.  
3Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance No. XXVII of 1981 s. 3 and 2nd Sch. 
4Rep. by the Amending Act No. XII of 1891.