MAICSA Updated Best Practice on Certification and Sighted Original of Documents by a Company Secretary

Further to our announcement released on 7 April 2025 relating to the Best Practice on Certification and Sighted Original of Documents by a Company Secretary, the Institute wishes to inform members that an updated Best Practice has been issued. Accordingly, the previous Best Practice released on 7 April 2025 is hereby revoked.

The updated Best Practice outlined the distinctions between Certified True Copies (CTC) and original-sighted documents, emphasising the higher burden associated with original-sighted verification without specifying which documents qualify for CTC or original-sighted. Instead, it allows company secretaries to determine the appropriate method based on their risk assessment and apply a risk-based approach in the verification of documents.

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