Corporations Amendment (Meetings and Documents) Act 2022 (9 of 2022)

Schedule 1   Signing and executing documents

Corporations Act 2001

9   Subsection 127(2A)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), the fixing of a common seal to a document is taken to have been witnessed by a person mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of that subsection if:

(a) the person observes, by electronic means or by being physically present, the fixing of the seal; and

(b) the person signs the document; and

(c) a method is used to indicate that the person observed the fixing of the seal to the document.

Note: For provisions about technology neutral signing, see Division 1 of Part 1.2AA.


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