Section 10 — What is a Convention certificate (also known as an apostille)

In this Part, “Convention certificate”, in relation to a foreign public document or a document purporting to be a foreign public document, means a certificate issued —

(a)to certify the document for the purposes of the Convention; and

(b)by an authority that, at the time of issuing the certificate, is designated by the State in which territory the document was executed, or from which the document emanates, as competent to issue the certificate in respect of the document.