s 16 Certification of public document executed in Singapore
16.—(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.