Church of Scotland (Properties and Investments) Order Confirmation Act 1994

Execution of deeds

35(1)For any purpose other than those mentioned in subsection (2) below a document is validly executed by the Investors Trust if it is signed on its behalf by a member of the Investors Trust or its treasurer or secretary or by a person authorised to sign the document on its behalf.

(2)For the purposes of any enactment or rule of law relating to the authentication of documents under the law of Scotland, a document is validly executed by the Investors Trust if it is sealed with the seal of the Investors Trust and subscribed on its behalf by—

(a)two of the members of the Investors Trust; or

(b)a member and either the treasurer or the secretary of the Investors Trust,and such execution shall be equally binding and effectual whether attested by witnesses or not.

(3)A document which bears to be executed by the Investors Trust in accordance with subsection (2) above is, in relation to such execution, a probative document.