Sections 127 and 129 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) permit but do not require execution of documents in the manner prescribed, and the common law principle of ratification operates retrospectively to validate an unauthorised act in the context of development application authorisations under the Planning and Development Act 2007 (ACT).
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