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Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 · Part G

Section 860Electronic documents

(1)
Any document required to be filed with the Commission for registration may be filed electronically.
(2)
A copy or extract from any document electronically filed with the Commission or issued by the Commission and certified to be a true copy or extract shall in any proceedings be admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original documents.
(3)
Any information supplied by the Commission and certified to be a true extract from any document filed with it shall be admissible in evidence and presumed, unless evidence to the contrary is adduced, to be a true extract from such document.
Cite as: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020, section 860

What this section means

From the Part overview: CAMA 2020 Part G: general provisions (sections 851 to 870)

  • Documents can be filed electronically, and certified electronic copies are admissible as evidence of equal validity with the originals (section 860).

Source: Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (Act No. 3 of 2020), Official Gazette No. 124, Lagos, 10 August 2020. General information, not legal advice.