62Sealing of documents by bodies corporate

62 Sealing of documents by bodies corporate

(1) All instruments under these Regulations executed by a body corporate shall be duly sealed and the Registrar may require proof that such an instrument has been so sealed.

(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), where:

(a) a document bears what appears to be an impression of the seal of a body corporate; and

(b) the affixing of that impression of the seal appears to have been attested by 2 persons, one of whom purports to have signed as a director of the body corporate and the other of whom purports to have signed as a director or secretary of the body corporate;

the Registrar may regard the document as having been duly sealed by the body corporate.

(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply in relation to a document if the Registrar knows, or has reason to suspect, that the document has not been duly sealed by the body corporate.

(4) Except where the Registrar has reason to suspect that a document has not been duly sealed by a body corporate, the Registrar is not required to examine any other document held in a Registry that purports to have been duly sealed by the body corporate at an earlier time.

(5) A reference in subregulation (1) to instruments under these Regulations executed by a body corporate includes a reference to applications under these Regulations made by a body corporate.