Section 16 — Certification of public document executed in Singapore

(1)Subject to section 17, a competent authority must issue a certificate for a Singapore public document on the request of —

(a)the person who signed the document; or

(b)any bearer of the document.

(2)The certificate must be —

(a)numbered and dated in the prescribed manner;

(b)in the form of the Model Certificate, subject to any prescribed modifications; and

(c)placed on, or attached to, the Singapore public document or a copy thereof in the prescribed manner.

(3)Regulations may provide for a certificate to be issued in electronic form, whether or not the underlying public document is also in electronic form.