All sections · Part IV: Company Capacity And Powers
41 Authentification ou authentification
This section has been amended. The text above is the 2016 wording; the amending provisions follow.
Un document devant être authentifié ou attesté par une société peut être signé par un administrateur, un secrétaire ou un représentant autorisé de la société et ne doit pas nécessairement être revêtu de son sceau commun.
PARTIE V - ACTIONS PARTIE I - INFORMATION GÉNÉRALE
PARTIE V - ACTIONS PARTIE I - INFORMATION GÉNÉRALE
Translation for information only. Only the English original is legally binding.
Original wording (English, legally binding): Authentication or attestation
A document requiring authentication or attestation by a company may be signed
by a director, a secretary or by an authorised agent of the company, and need
not be under its common seal.
by a director, a secretary or by an authorised agent of the company, and need
not be under its common seal.
Amended since 2016
Act 32 of 2021 · 2021-08-02
11. The principal Act is amended by repealing section 41 and
substituting therefor the following section —
Authentication or attestation
“41.(1) A document requiring authentication or attestation by a
company may be signed by —
(a) a director of the company;
(b) a secretary of the company;
(c) an agent of the company authorised to act
generally on its behalf; or
(d) an agent of the company specifically authorised to
authenticate or attest documents on its behalf.
(2) An authentication or attestation under subsection (1)
need not be under its common seal.”.
substituting therefor the following section —
Authentication or attestation
“41.(1) A document requiring authentication or attestation by a
company may be signed by —
(a) a director of the company;
(b) a secretary of the company;
(c) an agent of the company authorised to act
generally on its behalf; or
(d) an agent of the company specifically authorised to
authenticate or attest documents on its behalf.
(2) An authentication or attestation under subsection (1)
need not be under its common seal.”.