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1997, No. 2

an officer or employee of the Society on behalf of and by authority of the Council.

(3) Any contract which, if made by private persons, may be made orally may be made in the manner specified in subclause (1) as in the case of a deed, or in the manner specified in subclause (2) as in the case of a contract required to be in writing, or may be made orally by or on behalf of the Council or by the President or a Councillor or an officer or employee of the Society acting by authority of the Council, but no oral contract may be made for any sum exceeding $2,000.

(4) The Council may by writing under the common seal of the Society empower any person, either generally or in respect of any specified matters, to execute instruments on its behalf in any place in or beyond New Zealand. Any instrument executed by such an attorney on behalf of the Society binds the Society, and if executed as a deed has the same effect as if it were under the Common seal of the Society.

(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subclauses (1) to (4), no contract made by or on behalf of the Society is invalid by reason only that it was not made in a manner provided by those subclauses, if it was made pursuant to a resolution of the Council or to give effect to a resolution of the Council in relation to contracts generally or in relation to that particular contract.

16. Seal—The common seal of the Society is to be judicially noticed in all courts and for all purposes.