§ 12 — Use of Convention certificate generally not mandatory

12.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person seeking to prove the origin of a foreign public document —(a)

is not required to do so by means of a Convention certificate; and

(b)

is not required to comply with any more rigorous formality.

(2) A person seeking to prove the origin of a specified foreign public document —(a)

may be required to do so by means of a Convention certificate; but

(b)

is not required to comply with any more rigorous formality.

(3) This section applies despite any written law or rule of law to the contrary.

(4) In this section —“more rigorous formality” means a formality that is more rigorous than placing a Convention certificate on, or attaching a Convention certificate to, a foreign public document;

“specified foreign public document” means a foreign public document falling within any of the following classes:(a)

any class of documents for which legalisation is or may be required by or under any written law or any practice before the date of Singapore’s accession to the Convention;

(b)

any class of documents that did not exist before the date of Singapore’s accession to the Convention.

—(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person seeking to prove the origin of a foreign public document —(a)

is not required to do so by means of a Convention certificate; and

(b)

is not required to comply with any more rigorous formality.

(2) A person seeking to prove the origin of a specified foreign public document —(a)

may be required to do so by means of a Convention certificate; but

(b)

is not required to comply with any more rigorous formality.

(3) This section applies despite any written law or rule of law to the contrary.

(4) In this section —“more rigorous formality” means a formality that is more rigorous than placing a Convention certificate on, or attaching a Convention certificate to, a foreign public document;

“specified foreign public document” means a foreign public document falling within any of the following classes:(a)

any class of documents for which legalisation is or may be required by or under any written law or any practice before the date of Singapore’s accession to the Convention;

(b)

any class of documents that did not exist before the date of Singapore’s accession to the Convention.