Section 5

The common seal may be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the Board considers fit.

Until a seal is provided by the Board, a stamp bearing the words “Board of Geologists” may be used and shall be deemed to be its common seal.

The common seal shall be kept in the custody of the

Chairman or a member of the Board.

The common seal shall be affixed in the presence of the

Chairman and one other member of the Board and the Chairman and such member shall sign every deed, document or other instrument to which the common seal is affixed.

All deeds, documents and other instruments purporting to be sealed with the common seal and authenticated as specified in subsection (5) shall, until the contrary is proven, be deemed to have been validly executed.

Any deed, document or other instrument that, if executed by a person who is not a body corporate, is not required to be under seal, may in like manner be executed by the Chairman or a member of the Board on behalf of the Board.

The common seal of the Board shall be officially and judicially noticed.

Membership of Board