Singapore legislation
Clause 14
Clause 14
What is a Singapore public document
In this Part, “Singapore public document” —
means —
a document executed in Singapore and falling within any of the following categories:
a document emanating from an authority or official connected with the courts or tribunals of Singapore, including a document emanating from a public prosecutor, a clerk of a court or a process‑server;
an administrative document;
a notarial act;
an official certificate that is placed on a document signed by a person in his or her private capacity (for example, an official certificate recording the registration of a document or the fact that the document was in existence on a certain date, or an official or a notarial authentication of a signature); or
a document (including a document that is not signed, sealed or stamped) that is prescribed to be a Singapore public document; but(b)does not include any of the following documents:
a document executed by a diplomatic or consular agent;
a prescribed private document.