General Power of Attorney

A basic General Power of Attorney appointing Agent(s) to act on behalf of their Principal(s) and setting out the specific powers conferred upon them.
Note: A person must have the legal capacity (i.e. be of sound mind) to enter into a valid Power of Attorney. Once a person is no longer of sound mind (such as a person perhaps with Dementia, alzheimers etc), then a legal Power of Attorney cannot be signed and any previously signed Power of Attorney’s automatically terminates.  If you need assistance with an elderly relative, you will have to formally appoint a curator or an administrator,  with the Master of the High Court.

The document has the following headings:

1. Principal(s)
2. Agent(s)
3. Appointment of Agent(s)
4. Extent of the power conferred
   1. Immovable and movable Property
   2. To manage business affairs
   3. To receive income and pay expenditure
   4. To accept transfer of stocks, funds, shares, annuities
   5. To operate banking accounts
   6. To operate investments
   7. To attend to legal proceedings
   8. To carry out agreements
   9. To appoint a substitute
   10. Executors and Trustees
   11. Generally to act
5. Ratification and Indemnification
6. Termination

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