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Apostille Act 2020 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Certification of Singapore Public Documents
16. Certification of public document executed in Singapore
Feedback & support(1)
Subject to section 17, a competent authority must issue a certificate for a Singapore public document on the request of —
(a)
the person who signed the document; or
(b)
any bearer of the document.
(2)
The certificate must be —
(a)
numbered and dated in the prescribed manner;
(b)
in the form of the Model Certificate, subject to any prescribed modifications; and
(c)
placed on, or attached to, the Singapore public document or a copy thereof in the prescribed manner.
(3)
Regulations may provide for a certificate to be issued in electronic form, whether or not the underlying public document is also in electronic form.