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The Affidavit of Execution of Power of Attorney is organised into sections covering PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, AFFIDAVIT OF EXECUTION OF SUBSCRIBING WITNESS, so the important points are captured in a clear, consistent structure.

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AFFIDAVIT OF EXECUTION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO

(Substitute Decisions Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 30, and the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.23)

IN THE MATTER OF the execution of the Continuing Power of Attorney for Property of ________ (the "Grantor"):

AFFIDAVIT OF EXECUTION OF SUBSCRIBING WITNESS

I, ________, of the ________ of ________, in the Province of Ontario, MAKE OATH AND SAY (or SOLEMNLY AFFIRM):

§ 1. On ________, I was personally present and did see the attached document, being a Continuing Power of Attorney for Property, duly signed and executed by ________, the Grantor named therein.

§ 2. The said document was executed by the Grantor in the joint presence of myself and the other subscribing witness, ________, of the ________ of ________, in the Province of Ontario, and each of us thereupon subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the Grantor and of each other.

§ 3. The attached document is the document so executed, and the signature "________" appearing thereon as a witness is in my own proper handwriting.

§ 4. I have no reason to believe that the Grantor was, at the time of signing the said document, incapable of managing property within the meaning of the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992.

§ 6. At the time the said document was executed, neither I nor the other subscribing witness named above was:

(a) the attorney or attorneys named in the said document, or the spouse or partner of any such attorney;

(b) the spouse or partner of the Grantor;

(c) a child of the Grantor, or a person whom the Grantor has demonstrated a settled intention to treat as his or her child;

(d) a person whose property is under guardianship or who has a guardian of the person; or

(e) a person less than eighteen (18) years of age.

§ 7. I make this affidavit in proof of the due execution of the attached Continuing Power of Attorney for Property, and for no improper purpose.


SWORN (or AFFIRMED) before me at the ________ of ________, in the Province of Ontario, this ________.

Deponent: ________

Address: ________

Occupation: ________

Commissioner's name: ________

Commission expiry / capacity: ________

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