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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. 
NOTE :(— 
‘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.