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In force2020 Revised Edition

Part 3 · Certification of Singapore Public Documents

16. Certification of public document executed in Singapore

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(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.

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