Singapore Moves towards Recognising Electronic Statutory Declarations, Oaths and Affirmations, and Notarisations

As electronic transactions quickly become the new norm, Singapore’s legal system has continued to keep pace with developments in technology and practice. A prime demonstration of this is the execution of statutory declarations (“SDs“), oaths and affirmations (“OAs“), and notarisation, which have traditionally had to be performed in person and via wet ink signatures. However, this is set to change with the introduction of legislative amendments to facilitate electronic SDs, OAs and notarisation.

On 3 July 2023, two Bills (the Oaths, Declarations and Notarisations (Remote Methods) Bill and the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Bill) were introduced in Parliament to provide individuals and businesses in Singapore the option to make SDs, OAs, and to notarise documents through remote means. This Update highlights the key features of the amendments and the proposed framework.

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