A company [F1which has a common seal] may have, for use for sealing securities issued by the company and for sealing documents creating or evidencing securities so issued, an official seal which is a facsimile of [F2its common seal] with the addition on its face of the word “Securities".
[F3The official seal when duly affixed to a document has the same effect as the company’s common seal.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words inserted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 130(7), 213(2), Sch. 17 para. 3(2)
F2Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 130(7), 213(2), Sch. 17 para. 3(2)
F3Words inserted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 130(7), 213(2), Sch. 17 para. 3(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 40 applied with modifications by S.I. 1985/680, regs. 4–6, Sch.