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(5) The foregoing provisions of this section apply to transac-
tions wherever effected, but only to deeds and instruments
executed after the commencement of this Act, except that, in the
case of powers or appointments of an agent or officer, they apply
whether the power was conferred or the appointment was made
before or after the commencement of this Act or by this Act.

(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, any
mode of execution or attestation authorised by law or by practice
or by the statute, charter, memorandum or articles, deed of
settlement or other instrument constituting the corporation or
regulating the affairs thereof, shall (in additien to the modes
authorised by this section) be as effectual as if this section had
not been passed.
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‘corporation aggregate’ is composed of many persons
acting on all solemn occasions by the medium of their
common seal, including joint-stock companies; in con-
tradistinction to a ‘corporation sole’ which is composed
only of one person, such as a bishop or a beneficed
clergyman, the Treasury Solicitor, or the Public
Trustee.