Corporations Act 2001
A company may have a common seal. If a company does have a common seal, the company must set out on it:
(a) for a company that has its ACN in its name - the company ' s name; or
(b) otherwise - the company ' s name and either:
(i) the expression " Australian Company Number " and the company ' s ACN; or
(ii) if the last 9 digits of the company ' s ABN are the same, and in the same order, as the last 9 digits of its ACN - the expression " Australian Business Number " and the company ' s ABN.
Note 1: A company may make contracts and execute documents without using a seal (see sections 126 and 127 ).
Note 2: For abbreviations that can be used on a seal, see section 149 .
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Hide history noteA company may have a duplicate common seal. The duplicate must be a copy of the common seal with the words " duplicate seal " , " share seal " or " certificate seal " added.
123(3) [ Prohibition]A person must not use, or authorise the use of, a seal that purports to be the common seal of a company or a duplicate if the seal does not comply with the requirements set out in subsection (1) or (2).
123(4) [ Strict liability offence]An offence based on subsection (3) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
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