Companies Act — Section 30

30. (i) The Board shall provide for the safe custody of the seal. (ii) The seal of the company shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the Board or of a committee of the Board authorised by it in that behalf, and except in the presence of at least two directors and of the secretary or such other person as the Board may appoint for the purpose; and those two directors and the secretary or other person aforesaid shall sign every instrument to which the seal of the company is so affixed in their presence.

1[Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-paragraph it is hereby clarified that on and from the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015 (21 of 2015), i.e. with effect from the 29th May, 2015, company may not be required to have the seal by virtue of registration under the Act and if a company does not have the seal, the provisions of this sub-paragraph shall not be applicable.] Note: The Articles shall be signed by each subscriber of the memorandum of association who shall add his address, description and occupation, if any, in the presence of at least one witness who shall attest the signature and shall likewise add his address, description and occupation, if any, and such signatures shall be in form specified below: Names, addresses, descriptions and occupations of subscribers

Witnesses (along with names, addresses, descriptions and occupations)

A.B. of………….Merchant

C.D. of………….Merchant

E.F. of…………. Merchant

G.H. of………….Merchant

I.J. of………….Merchant

K.L. of………….Merchant

M.N. of………….Merchant

Signed before me Signature……………. Signed before me Signature……………. Signed before me Signature……………. Signed before me Signature……………. Signed before me Signature……………. Signed before me Signature……………. Signed before me