Section 5:
Power-of-attorney of married women.
1[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-ofattorney, shall apply thereto.
This section applies only to instruments executed after this Act comes into force.
Notes:
1 Subs. by Act 55 of 1982, s. 6, for certain words (w.e.f. 22-10-1982).