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Seal of New Zealand Act 1977

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LEGISLATION AS AT DECEMBER 2006

SEAL OF NEW ZEALAND ACT 1977

1977/1 (NZ) – 28 February 1977

1 Short title
2 Assent of Parliament to establishment, design, and use of Seal of New Zealand
3 Use of Seal
4 Custody of Seal
5 Validity of instruments
6 Judicial notice of Seal
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To assent to the establishment, design, and use of a seal to be known as the Seal of New Zealand and to provide for matters incidental

1 Short title

This is the Seal of New Zealand Act 1977.

2 Assent of Parliament to establishment, design, and use of Seal of New Zealand

(1) The Parliament of New Zealand hereby assents to the establishment, by Proclamation, from time to time by Her Majesty and Her successors of a seal to be known as the Seal of New Zealand for use in relation to New Zealand and all other territories for whose foreign relations Her Majesty’s Government in New Zealand is responsible.

(2) The Seal of New Zealand shall be of such design and style as may be specified in the Proclamation.

(3) No Proclamation made for the purposes of this section shall be required to be sealed, and every such Proclamation that does not prescribe the time from which it is to take effect shall come into operation on the day on which it is gazetted.

3 Use of Seal

(1) The Seal of New Zealand shall be the seal to be used on any instrument that is made by Her Majesty and Her successors, or by the Governor-General, on the advice of a Minister of Her Majesty’s Government in New Zealand or on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

(2) The Seal of New Zealand shall be so used in place of any other seal that may have been so used if this Act had not been passed.

(3) The Seal of New Zealand in being at the time of the death of the Sovereign shall continue and be made use of until provision for a new Seal of New Zealand is made by Proclamation.

4 Custody of Seal

The Seal of New Zealand shall be in the custody of the Governor-General.

5 Validity of instruments

(1) Except where the affixing of the Seal of New Zealand to any instrument is expressly required by the provisions of any enactment other than this Act, no instrument shall be declared or deemed invalid on the ground that it should have been sealed with the Seal of New Zealand but has not been so sealed.

(2) No instrument shall be declared or deemed invalid on the ground that it should not have been sealed with the Seal of New Zealand but has been so sealed, or that the Seal of New Zealand has been improperly affixed to it.

6 Judicial notice of Seal

Judicial notice shall be taken by all Courts, Judges, Justices, Commissioners, and other persons acting judicially of the impression of the Seal of New Zealand, without evidence of such seal having been impressed or any other evidence relating thereto.

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