C6C3Part 4A company's capacity and related matters
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
Formalities of doing business under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland
45Common seal
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A company may have a common seal, but need not have one.
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A company which has a common seal shall have its name engraved in legible characters on the seal.
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If a company fails to comply with subsection (2) an offence is committed by—
a
the company, and
b
every officer of the company who is in default.
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An officer of a company, or a person acting on behalf of a company, commits an offence if he uses, or authorises the use of, a seal purporting to be a seal of the company on which its name is not engraved as required by subsection (2).
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A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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This section does not form part of the law of Scotland.
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))