Certified copies of certificates of incorporation etc
5B.2.01 Certified copies of certificates of incorporation etc
For paragraphs 601CB(a) and 601CE(a) of the Act, a certified copy of a current certificate of the incorporation or registration in its place of origin, or a document of similar effect, of:
a registrable Australian body; or
a foreign company;
that is lodged with an application for registration under Division 1 or 2 of Part 5B.2 of the Act, must be a copy that:
within the 3 months immediately before the day on which it is lodged; or
if ASIC permits—within a longer period;
has been certified to be a true copy by a person:
who has the custody of the original document under a law in force in the place of origin of the corporation or company; and
who exercises under that law functions similar to those exercised by ASIC.
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