Apostille (Certification of Singapore Public Documents) Regulations 2021

No. S 574

Apostille Act 2020

(ACT 38 OF 2020)

Apostille
(Certification of Singapore Public Documents)
Regulations 2021

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Apostille Act 2020, the Minister for Law makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Apostille (Certification of Singapore Public Documents) Regulations 2021 and come into operation on 16 September 2021.

Definitions

2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —

“certificate” means a certificate issued under section 16 of the Act in respect of a Singapore public document;

“competent authority” has the meaning given by section 15 of the Act;

“Singapore public document” has the meaning given by section 14 of the Act;

“website”, in relation to a competent authority, means the Internet website stated opposite the authority in the First Schedule.

Form of certificate

3. A certificate in respect of a Singapore public document —

(a)

must be issued in the form in the Second Schedule (being a modification of the Model Certificate);

(b)

may be issued in a physical or an electronic form; and

(c)

if issued in a physical form —

(i)	must be approximately 13.5 centimetres (length) by 9 centimetres (breadth); and
(ii)	must be affixed as a sticker on the document or attached to the document.

Fee for issuing certificate

4.—(1) The fee for issuing a certificate is $10 (excluding any goods and services tax).

(2) A competent authority may waive, refund or remit the whole or any part of the fee payable under paragraph (1).

5.—(1) A competent authority must keep an electronic register of every certificate it issues.

(2) The register must include the following information in respect of each certificate issued by the competent authority:

(a)	the name, contact number and email address of the person who requested the issuance of the certificate;
(b)	the date on which and the time at which the certificate was issued;
(c)	the information stated on the certificate;
(d)	whether the certificate was issued in a physical or an electronic form;
(e)	an image of the certificate.

Verification of certificates

6.—(1) A competent authority must ensure that its website is capable of being used to verify certificates issued by the authority in the manner described in this regulation.

(2) A person who wishes to verify a document purporting to be a certificate issued by the competent authority may —

(a)	access the website of the authority (whether by scanning the Quick Response code on the document or by any other means); and
(b)	provide the verification code on the document in the manner stated on the website.

(3) Thereafter, if the certificate is in fact issued by the competent authority, the website must show the information stated on the certificate.

(4) To avoid doubt, the website need not show any other information in respect of the certificate or the certified Singapore public document.

Made on 23 July 2021.

LAI WEI LIN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 06/018/012; AG/LEGIS/SL/7B/2020/1 Vol. 1]

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