This section contains provisions about the execution of documents by a registered society under the law of England and Wales.
A registered society which has a common seal may execute a document by affixing its common seal to it.
A document—
signed by 2 authorised signatories (see subsection (6)), and
expressed (in whatever form of words) to be executed by a registered society,
has the same effect as if it were executed under the society's common seal.
A document executed by a registered society which makes it clear on its face that it is intended by the person or persons making it to be a deed—
has effect, upon delivery, as a deed, and
is presumed to be delivered upon its being executed by the society, unless a contrary intention is proved.
For the purposes of this section, in relation to a society—
each of the members of the society's committee is an authorised signatory, and
the society's secretary is also an authorised signatory.
Subsections (3) to (5) apply whether or not the society has a common seal.