# Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, Section 50: Common seal


(1) Notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law, a registered society need not have a common seal.
(2) A registered society which has a common seal must have its registered name engraved in legible characters on the seal.
(3) A registered society which decides to have a common seal must not cause such a seal to be made unless its registered rules contain provision for the custody and use of that seal.
(4) An officer of a registered society, or a person acting on behalf of a registered society, commits an offence if the officer or person uses or authorises the use of a seal purporting to be the society's common seal which does not have the society's registered name engraved in legible characters on it.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/14/section/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/co-operative-and-community-benefit-societies-act-2014/section-50
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