17. No act, document or writing shall be binding upon the Conservatoire unless it is signed by the chairman, the director general or a staff member of the Conservatoire, and, where signed by a staff member, it shall be binding only to the extent determined by by-law of the Conservatoire.
The Conservatoire may, on the conditions and with respect to the documents it determines, allow a required signature to be affixed by means of an automatic device, or allow a facsimile of a signature to be engraved, lithographed or printed. However, the facsimile has the same value as the signature itself only if the document is countersigned by a person authorized by the chairman or the director general.