168 Illiterates Protection

• Author: Ralph Hone
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CHAPTER 168.

ILLITERATES PROTECTION.

AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF ILLITERATE PERSONS. 4 of 1919.

12 of 1926.

[25th June 1919.] [Commencement 1st January 1920.] 1. This Act may be cited as The Illiterates Protec- Short titk.

tion Act.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise Interpretation.

   requires'document' means(a) any deed whereby an illiterate person conveys or assigns real or personal property or renders himself liable to any obligation;

   (b) any agreement for the sale or purchase of land by an illiterate person; or any agreement whereby an illiterate person renders himself liable to any obligation;

   (c) any agreement- made with an illiterate person for a lease of land, whether the rent is reserved as a yearly rent or otherwise;

   (d) any promise in writing by an illiterate person to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another person;

   (e) any promissory note made or endorsed by an illiterate person;

   'illiterate person' means a person who is unable to write his name;

   'official attestor' means an official attestor under this Act.

3. The official attestors under this Act shall official be-- attestors.

   (a) the Registrar General, the Assistant Registrar General, magistrates, justices of the peace, and notaries public;

   (b) such other fit and proper persons as the Governor may from time to time appoint. The Governor may -at any time revoke any such appointment.

   Validity of 4.-(1) No document as defined by this Act shall documents signed by be valid as against an illiterate person unless it shall be illiterates, signed by him in the presence of...