Short title
s 1
Open ↗1. This Act is the Apostille Act 2020.
Source
Apostille Act 2020 PART 1 — PRELIMINARY
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Interpretation
s 2
Open ↗2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“Convention” means the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, done at the Hague on 5 October 1961, the English text of which is set out in the First Schedule; “Convention State” means a State Party to the Convention other than Singapore, but does not include —(a) any State Party that objected to Singapore’s accession to the Convention; and (b) any State Party whose accession to the Convention Singapore objected to; “Model Certificate” means the model certificate set out in the Annex to the Convention.
Purpose
s 3
Open ↗3.—(1) The purpose of this Act is to give effect to the Convention. (2) Part 2 —(a) exempts foreign public documents (as defined in that Part) from any requirement of legalisation; and (b) provides for the effect of certificates issued under the Convention and facilitates (but does not require) their use. (3) Part 3 provides for certificates to be issued under the Convention for Singapore public documents (as defined in that Part).
Act binds Government
s 4
Open ↗4. This Act binds the Government.
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