SHIPS (CAPITAL GRANTS) ACT 1987 No. 74, 1987 - SECT 28 Forms

SHIPS (CAPITAL GRANTS) ACT 1987 No. 74, 1987 - SECT 28

28. (1) Where, under this Act, an application, 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 first-mentioned
               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 Secretary, 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
               first-mentioned 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.