Powers of Attorney Ordinance

(1)
The contents of an instrument creating a
power of attorney may be proved by means of a copy
which—
(a)
is a reproduction of the original made with a photographic or other device for reproducing documents in facsimile; and
(b)
contains the following certificate or certificates signed by the donor of the power or by a solicitor, that is to
say—
(i)
a certificate at the end to the effect that the copy is a true and complete copy of the original; and
(ii)
if the original consists of two or more pages, a certificate at the end of each page of the copy to the effect that it is a true and complete copy of the corresponding page of the original.
(2)
Where a copy of an instrument creating a
power of attorney has been made which complies with subsection (1), the contents of the instrument may also be proved by means of a copy of that copy if the further copy itself complies with that subsection, taking references in it to the original as references to the copy from which the further copy is made.
(3)
In favour of a person acting in good faith a signature on a certificate under subsection
(1
)(
b)
purporting to be that of a person described as being a solicitor shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed sufficient for the purposes of this section.
(4)
This section is without prejudice to any other method of proof authorized by any other Ordinance.
(5)
In this section
solicitor
(
律師
) means a person who is enrolled on the
                roll of solicitors kept under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (
Cap. 159
) and who, at the material time, is not
                suspended from practice.
[cf. 1971 c. 27 s. 3 U.K.]