Formal provisions as to acknowledgments and part payments

(1) Every such acknowledgment as mentioned in section 29 of this Act, shall be in writing and signed by the person making the acknowledgment. (2) Any such acknowledgment or payment may be made by the agent of the person by whom it is required to be made under section 29 of this Act, and shall be made to the person, or to an agent of the person, whose title or claim is being acknowledged or, as the case may be, in respect of whose claim the payment is being made.