Part 4

A company's capacity and related matters

Other matters

Official seal for share certificates etc
50
1
A company that has a common seal may have an official seal for use—
a
for sealing securities issued by the company, or
b
for sealing documents creating or evidencing securities so issued.
2
The official seal—
a
must be a facsimile of the company's common seal, with the addition on its face of the word “Securities”, and
b
when duly affixed to the document has the same effect as the company's common seal.
S. 50 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 3(f) (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)
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
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))