Companies Act, 1956
Sec 50 - Power
for company to have official seal for use outside India.
(1) A company whose objects require or
comprise the transaction of business outside India may, if authorized by its
articles, have for use in any territory, district or place not situate in India
an official seal which shall be a facsimile of the common seal of the company,
with the addition on its face of the name of the territory, district or place
where it is to be used.
(2) A company having an official seal for use
in any such territory, district or place may, by writing under its common seal,
authorize any person appointed for the purpose in that territory, district or
place to affix the official seal to any deed or other document to which the
company is a party in that territory, district or place.
(3) The authority of any agent authorized
under sub-section (2) shall, as between the company and any person dealing with
the agent, continue during the period, if any, mentioned in the instrument
conferring the authority, or if no period is there mentioned, until notice of
the revocation or determination of the agent's authority has been given to the
person dealing with him.
(4) The person affixing any such official seal
shall, by writing under his hand, certify on the deed or other document to
which the seal is affixed, the date on which and the place at which, it is
affixed.
(5) A deed or other document to which an
official seal is duly affixed shall bind the company as if it had been sealed
with the common seal of the company.