Section 8
Common seal
of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Act 1959
The Board shall have a common seal which shall bear such device as the Board may approve and such seal may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew by the Board as the Board may think fit.
(2)
Until a seal is provided by the Board under this section, a stamp bearing the description “Board of Control: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka” may be used as and shall be deemed to be the common seal.
(3)
The common seal shall be kept in the custody of the Chairman and all deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Board shall be sealed with the seal of the Board in the presence of the Chairman or the Vice Chairman and of a member or an officer of the Board authorized by the Board to act in that behalf, who shall sign every such deed, document or other instrument to which such seal is affixed and such signing shall be sufficient evidence that such seal was duly and properly fixed and that the same is, or is used as, the lawful seal of the Board.
(4)
The seal of the Board shall be officially and judicially noticed.