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the Attorney General or the Solicitor General or any other person acting under the authority of either of them;

any other public officer drawing or preparing instruments in the course of his duty;

any person acting personally for himself only in any matter or proceeding to which he is a party;

any bona fide and full-time employee of an insurance company negotiating for the settlement of or settling a claim made or contemplated against any person or body corporate in cases where the claim, arising out of personal injury or death, relates to a risk insured by that insurance company;

(deleted by S 59/2016);

any accountant drawing or preparing documents in the exercise of his profession;

any proceeding before any religious court constituted under the Religious Council and Kadis Courts Act (Chapter 77);

any person merely employed to engross any instrument or proceeding;

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any approved company auditor drawing or preparing any instrument which he is empowered to do under any law for the time being in force relating to companies;

any agent duly authorised to the satisfaction of the Registrar of Trade Marks drawing or preparing documents in any matter relating to trade marks; or

any full-time employee of an advocate and solicitor drawing or preparing any document or instrument under the authority of a practising advocate and solicitor and for the purposes of his employer.

a will or other testamentary document; or

a transfer of stock containing no limitation thereof.