✨ Contractual execution guidelines
June 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1603
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that this has been done is noticed in the attestation clause, as mentioned hereafter.
(16.) When a company executes, the seal is affixed by two or more directors.
(17.) What has been said above as to the execution of the bond by the contractors also applies to the sureties. The formalities to be observed are the same in each case.
(18.) Attestation is the formal record of a witness that an instrument has been signed in his presence. The form is shown in the bond in use, and all that has to be done is to fill in the full name of the person who has signed, and for the witness to sign his own name (adding his occupation and residence), as shown in the following example.
(19.) It is assumed John Thomas Smith and William Jones have signed before one witness, so the attestation would run :—
“Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-named John Thomas Smith and William Jones in the presence of—
“FRANK FISHER,
Grocer,
Manners Street, Wellington.”
If William Jones were blind, or unable to read, then the attestation would be—
“Signed by the above-named William Jones by setting his mark hereto, after the above bond was read over and explained to him, he being blind [or unable to read, as the case may be], and sealed and delivered by him in the presence of”—
[Witness to sign as before.]
(20.) If the bond is executed by attorney, the fact is noticed in the attestation by adding, after the name of the principal, the words “by his attorney” (stating his full name). In other respects the attestation would be like the first example.
(21.) There may be several witnesses to a signature, in
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Guidelines for Contract Execution
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🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationContract execution, Legal procedures, Signatures, Seals, Attorneys, Witnesses
- John Thomas Smith, Example of a contractor signing a bond
- William Jones, Example of a contractor signing a bond
- Frank Fisher, Example of a witness attesting a signature
🏛️ Guidelines for Contractual Execution and Attestation
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationCompany seal, Director execution, Surety bonds, Attestation, Witness signature, Attorney execution
- John Thomas Smith, Signed contract bond
- William Jones, Signed contract bond
- Frank Fisher, Witness to signatures
- William Jones, Marked bond after reading