Crown Lands Act, 1913

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		CROWN LANDS ACT 1913
		CHAPTER 8.
		An Act to authorise the execution of instruments on behalf of the Commissioners of Woods.
		[15th August 1913.]
		BE it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
	Execution of instruments on behalf of Comissioners of Woods.	1.—(1) Any deed or other instrument requiring to be executed by the Commissioners of Woods, or any two or one of them, or to which they or he are or is a party, may be executed by any permanent secretary of His Majesty’s Office of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues on behalf of the Commissioners of Woods, and if so executed shall be deemed to have been executed by the Commissioners of Woods, and shall have effect accordingly.
		(2) Any deed or other instrument purporting to be so executed shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly executed by the Commissioners of Woods without proof of the official character or handwriting of the person appearing to have executed it.
	Short title.	2. This Act may be cited as the Crown Lands Act, 1913; and the Crown Lands Acts, 1829 to 1906, and this Act may be cited together as the Crown Lands Acts, 1829 to 1913.