law: Powers of Attorney Act, 1882
  5. Power-of-attorney of married woman
  6[A married woman of full age shall, by virtue of this Act, have
  
  power, as if she were unmarried,] by a non-testamentary instrument, to appoint
  
  an attorney on her behalf, for the purpose of executing any non-testamentary
  
  instrument or doing any other act which she might herself execute or do; and
  
  the provisions of this Act, relating to instruments creating
  
  powers-of-attorney, shall apply thereto.
  This section applies only to instruments executed after this Act
  
  comes into force.