Treasury Laws Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Act 2021 (82 of 2021)

Schedule 1   Virtual meetings and electronic communication of documents

Part 1   Main amendments

Corporations Act 2001

5   At the end of subsection 127(3)

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Note: The circumstances in which a deed is taken to have been executed by affixing the common seal of a company in accordance with subsection (2) is affected by subsection (2A). Subsection (2A) allows for a witness to observe the affixing of the common seal by electronic means. However, the witness must sign the deed. The circumstances in which a person is taken to sign a document, such as a deed, by signing a copy or counterpart of the document are set out in subsections (3A) to (3C).