Section 1015 of The Companies Act No. 17 of 2015: Requirements for authentication of documents and information

(1) A document or information sent or supplied to a company in hard copy formis sufficiently authenticated if it is signed by the person sending or supplying it.
(2) A document or information sent or supplied in electronic form is sufficiently authenticated—
(a) if the identity of the sender is confirmed in a manner specified by the company; or
(b) when no such manner has been specified by the company—if the communication contains, or is accompanied by, a statement of the identity of the sender and the company has no reason to doubt the truth of the statement.
(3) If a document or information is sent or supplied by a person on behalf of another, nothing in this section affects a provision of the company's articles under which the company may require reasonable evidence of the authority of the person to act on behalf of the other.

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