law: Powers of Attorney Act, 1882
  4. Deposit of original instruments creating
  
  powers-of-attorney
  (a) An instrument creating a power-of-attorney, its execution
  
  being verified by affidavit, statutory declaration or other sufficient evidence
  
  may, with the affidavit or declaration, if any, be deposited in the High Court
  
  2[or District Court] within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the
  
  instrument may be.
  (b) A separate file of instruments so deposited shall be kept;
  
  and any person may search that file, and inspect every instrument so deposited,
  
  and a certified copy thereof shall be delivered out to him on request.
  (c) A copy of an instrument so deposited may be presented at the
  
  office and may be stamped or marked as a certified copy, and, when so stamped or
  
  marked, shall become and be a certified copy.
  (d) A certified copy of an instrument so deposited shall,
  
  without further proof, be sufficient evidence of the contents of the instrument
  
  and of the deposit thereof in the High Court 2[or District Court].
  (e) The High Court may, from time to time, make rules for the
  
  purposes of this section, and prescribing, with the concurrence of the State
  
  Government, the fees to be taken under clauses (a), (b) and (c).
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  (g) This section applies to instruments creating
  
  powers-of-attorney executed either before or after this Act comes into force.