Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 219

219. (1) A company shall set out in legible characters on its common seal, and
on each of its other seals, its name followed by, unless its registration
number is part of its name, the expression "Australian Company Number" and its
registration number.

(2) A company shall set out its name, in legible characters, on:

   (a)  every public document of the company that is signed, issued or
        published; and

   (b)  every eligible negotiable instrument of the company that is signed or
        issued.

(3) On:

   (a)  every public document of a company that is signed, issued or
        published; and

   (b)  every eligible negotiable instrument of a company that is signed or
        issued; the company shall, unless its registration number is part of
        its name, set out in legible characters, after the company's name
        where it first
appears, the expression "Australian Company Number" and the company's
registration number.

(4) A company may comply with subsection (1), (2) or (3) by setting out:
(a) the abbreviation "Aust." instead of the word "Australian";
(b) the abbreviation "Co." instead of the word "Company";
(c) the abbreviation "No." instead of the word "Number"; or
(d) the abbreviation "A.C.N." instead of the expression "Australian Company
Number".

(5) A person (whether or not an officer of the company) shall not, on a
company's behalf:

   (a)  use, or authorise the use of, a seal that purports to be a seal of the
        company but contravenes subsection (1); or

   (b)  issue, sign or publish a public document of the company that
        contravenes subsection (2) or (3).

(6) A person (whether an officer of the company or not) shall not sign or
issue, or authorise to be signed or issued, on a company's behalf, an eligible
negotiable instrument of the company that contravenes subsection (2).

(7) A person who contravenes subsection (6) is liable to the holder of the
eligible negotiable instrument for the amount due on it unless that amount is
paid by the company.

(8) A company shall paint or affix and keep painted or affixed, in a
conspicuous position and in letters easily legible, on the outside of its
registered office and of every office and place at which its business is
carried on and that is open and accessible to the public:

   (a)  its name; and
(b) in the case of its registered office-the expression "Registered Office".