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Apostille Act 2020 s 14

s 14 What is a Singapore public document

14. In this Part, “Singapore public document” —(a) means —(i) a document executed in Singapore and falling within any of the following categories:(A) a document emanating from an authority or official connected with the courts or tribunals of Singapore, including a document emanating from a public prosecutor, a clerk of a court or a process‑server; (B) an administrative document; (C) a notarial act; (D) an official certificate that is placed on a document signed by a person in his or her private capacity (for example, an official certificate recording the registration of a document or the fact that the document was in existence on a certain date, or an official or a notarial authentication of a signature); or (ii) a document (including a document that is not signed, sealed or stamped) that is prescribed to be a Singapore public document; but (b) does not include any of the following documents:(i) a document executed by a diplomatic or consular agent; (ii) a prescribed private document.

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