Proof where witnesses dead or living out of Belize

If, when any deed is presented for recording, it appears upon affidavit sworn as aforesaid indorsed upon or annexed to such deed that the witnesses thereto, if any, are dead or living without the limits of Belize, and that the party or parties by whom it was executed is or are dead or without the limits of Belize, and that the handwriting of any of the attesting witnesses thereto or of the party or parties executing it from whom interest passes is established and identified, then and in such case the deed shall be deemed to have been duly executed, and the formal proof thereof shall be dispensed with.