There are two differences between the official seal and the contract seal, namely:
1, there is a difference between use and management.
(1) Their management departments are different. The management department of the company's contract seal is generally the legal department, and the management department of the company's official seal is generally the company's comprehensive management department;
(2) The scope of use and effectiveness are different. The special seal of the company contract is dedicated to the signing of the contract, and its effect is limited to the signing of the contract. The official seal has the function of representing the company, and its effectiveness can involve all matters of the company except signing contracts;
2. The meaning is different.
(1) Special seal for contract, which is used by the unit when signing the contract, and can represent the unit within the scope of signing, and the unit shall bear the rights and obligations arising therefrom; The official seal can replace the special seal for the contract. All letters, official documents, contracts, letters of introduction, certificates or other company materials sent in the name of the company can use the official seal;
(2) The official seal has the highest effect among all seals and is a symbol of legal person's rights. In the current legislative and judicial practice, it is an important criterion to judge whether a civil activity is established and effective.
Due to the daily and professional contract work of the company, the special seal for contract can realize the special management of the contract and better control the contract risk. Therefore, when a company signs a contract, it can affix a special seal for the contract, and make the contract come into effect through the examination of legal department personnel, effectively prevent the contract from coming into effect directly without legal examination, better establish and improve the contract hedging system, and strictly control the legal risks when signing the contract.
Legal basis: Article 469 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).
The parties may conclude a contract in writing, orally or in other forms;
Written form refers to contracts, letters, telegrams, telexes, faxes and other forms that can tangibly express the contents contained;
A data message that can tangibly express its content through electronic data interchange, e-mail, etc. , and can be retrieved at any time, are considered in writing.
Article 490
If the parties enter into a contract in the form of a contract, the contract shall be established when the parties sign, seal or press their fingerprints. Before signing, sealing or fingerprinting, one party has fulfilled its main obligations, and the contract is established when the other party accepts it.
A contract shall be concluded in written form as stipulated by laws, administrative regulations or agreed by the parties. If the parties do not do this in writing, but one party has fulfilled its main obligations and the other party accepts it, the contract is established.