§ 3.—(1) Section 40 of the Companies Act 1985 (official seal for share certificates, &c.) is amended as follows.
§ (2) After "A company" insert "which has a common seal" and for "the company's common seal" substitute "its common seal".
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At the end add—
The official seal when duly affixed to a document has the same effect as the company's common seal.".