Public and Presidential seals Act, 1970 Act 342 (Revised Edition)

ACT 342
Public and Presidential Seals Act, 1970
ACT 342
PUBLIC AND PRESIDENTIAL SEALS ACT, 1970
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
1. Use of public and presidential seals. 2. Custody of seals. 3. Wafer seals. 4. Regulations. 5. Offences in connection with seals. 6. Repeal of Act 246. ACT 342
PUBLIC AND PRESIDENTIAL SEALS ACT, 1970'
AN ACT to regulate the use and custody of the Public and Presidential Seals and to
provide for related matters. 1. Use of public and presidential seals
(1) In accotdance with article 61 of the Constitution, and subject to subsections (2) and
(3) of this section, except where their use is expressly provided for by the Constitution or
any other enactment, the public seal and the presidential seal shall or may be used on the
occasions and in respect of the matters prescribed by Regulations made under section 4 of
this Act. (2) The public seal may be applied in respect of an instrument signed by a Minister in
the performance of a function conferred or imposed on the Minister by the Constitution
or by any other enactment.

n instrument signed by a Minister in
the performance of a function conferred or imposed on the Minister by the Constitution
or by any other enactment.

(3) The presidential seal may be applied in respect of an instrument executed person
ally in the performance of a function conferred by the Constitution or any other enact
ment, by the President or by the Speaker when exercising the functions of the President
under clause (11) of article 60 of the Constitution. 2. Custody of seals
(1) The Secretary to the Cabinet or any other member of the Public Services pre
scribed by the Regulations, shall have the custody and charge of the public seal. (2) The Secretary to the President or any other member of the Public Services pre
scribed by the Regulations, shall have the custody and charge of the presidential seal. 1. This Act was assented to on 21st August, 1970. VI-4151 [Issue 1]

ed by the Regulations, shall have the custody and charge of the presidential seal. 1. This Act was assented to on 21st August, 1970. VI-4151 [Issue 1]

ACT 342
Public and Presidential Seals Act, 1970
3. Wafer seals
(1) Regulations may provide for the making of wafer seals, representing the public
seal and the presidential seal, of any other material as the Regulations may specify and
also prescribe the size of the cast to be used for that purpose. (2) The wafer seals made in pursuance of subsection (1) shall
(a) be in the same custody as the seals they represent, and
(b) when affixed to a document required to be authenticated by or passed under
the public seal or the presidential seal, shall confer on that document the
same validity in all respects as if the document itself had been authenti
cated by or passed under the public seal or the presidential seal. (3) It shall not be necessary to the validity of a document to which a wafer public seal
or a wafer presidential seal is attached or embossed to prove that the attachment or em
bossing of the water seals respectively was authorised, and no evidence to the contrary
shall be received. 4.

ossed to prove that the attachment or em
bossing of the water seals respectively was authorised, and no evidence to the contrary
shall be received. 4.

Regulations
(1) The President may, by legislative instrument, make Regulations in respect of all
or any of the following matters:
(a) the documents to which the wafer public seal and the wafer presidential
seal respectively are to be affixed;
(b) the manner in which the documents are to be prepared, whether to be
printed or written, or partly printed or partly written, and whether to be
printed or written on paper, parchment or any other fitting material;
(c) the matters that are required or authorised under this Act to be prescribed
by Regulations; and
(d) any other matter which the President considers expedient for the purpose of
carrying this Act into effect. (2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may modify the provisions of any enact
ment for the purpose of giving full effect to this Act or to the Regulations. 5. Offences in connection with seals
A person who, without lawful authority or excuse, the proof of which lies on that per
son, uses or has in possession a seal or wafer seal to which this Act applies commits a
misdemeanour. 6. Repeal of Act 246
Spent.2
2. The section provided for the repeal of the Official Seals Act, 1964 (Act 246). [Issue 1] VI-4152