Companies Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Incorporation of Companies and Matters Incidental Thereto
35. Power for company to have offlcial seal for use abroad
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A company whose objects require or comprise the transaction of business outside Brunei Darussalam may, if authorised by its articles, have for use in any territory, district or place not situate in Brunei Darussalam, an official seal, which shall be a facsimile of the common seal of the company, with the addition on its face of the name of every territory, district or place where it is to be used.
A deed or other document to which an official seal is duly affixed shall bind the company as if it had been sealed with the common seal of the company.
document
"document" includes summons, notice, order, and other legal process, and registers;
A company having an official seal for use in any such territory, district or place may, by writing under its common seal, authorise any person appointed for the purpose in that territory, district or place, to
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a affix the official seal to any deed or other document to which the company is party in that territory, district or place.
The authority of any such agent shall, as between the company and any person dealing with the agent, continue during the period, if any, mentioned in the instrument conferring the authority, or if no period is there mentioned, then until notice of the revocation or determination of the agent's authority has been given to the person dealing with him.
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The person affixing any such official seal shall, by writing under his hand, certify on the deed or other instrument, to which the seal is affixed, the date on which and the place at which it is affixed.
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Terms defined in s 2
articles
Defined · s 2"articles" means the articles of association of a company, as originally framed or as altered by special resolution, including, so far as they apply to the company, the regulations contained in Table A in Schedule 1;
document
Defined · s 2"document" includes summons, notice, order, and other legal process, and registers;
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