9. Subject to the other provisions of this act, no deed, document or writing shall bind the Superintendent or be attributed to him, unless signed by him or his assistant. Any deed, document or writing signed by a staff member shall bind the Superintendent or be attributed to him only to the extent provided for by regulation.
The regulations may authorize, on such conditions as may be fixed therein, the affixing of the required signature by means of an automatic device to such documents as may be determined therein.
The regulations may also authorize a facsimile of the required signature to be engraved, lithographed or printed on such documents as may be determined therein; in that case, the facsimile has the same value as the signature itself.
1974, c. 70, s. 9; 1979, c. 33, s. 1.