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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Chapter 4 — China Trade

§ 145. Certificate of incorporation

Statutory text

The Secretary shall, upon the filing of such application, issue a certificate of incorporation certifying that the provisions of this chapter have been complied with and declaring that the incorporators are a body corporate, if (a) an incorporation fee of $100 has been paid him; (b) he finds that the articles of incorporation and statements therein conform to the requirements of, and that the incorporation is authorized by, this chapter; and (c) he finds that such corporation will aid in developing markets in China for goods produced in the United States. A copy of the articles of incorporation shall be made a part of the certificate of incorporation and printed in full thereon. Any failure, previous to the issuance of the certificate of incorporation, by the incorporators or in respect to the application for the certificate of incorporation, to conform to any requirement of law which is a condition precedent to such issuance, may not subsequent thereto be held to invalidate the certificate of incorporation or alter the legal status of any act of a China Trade Act corporation, except in proceedings instituted by the registrar for the revocation of the certificate of incorporation.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. China Trade Act, 1922

    Pub. L. 67–346 § 5 · 42 Stat. 849

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 145

    (Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 5, 42 Stat. 850.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 5, 42 Stat. 850.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. The Secretary shall, upon the filing of such application, issue a certificate of incorporation certifying that the provisions of this Act have been complied with and declaring that the incorporators are a body corporate, if (a) an incorporation fee of $100 has been paid him, (b) he finds that the articles of incorporation and statements therein conform to the requirements of, and that the incorporation is authorized by, this Act, anti (c) he finds that such corporation will aid in developing markets in China for goods produced in the United States. A copy of the articles of incorporation shall be made a part of the certificate of incorporation and printed in full thereon. Any Status not affected by prior failure to comply with conditions. failure, previous to the issuance of the certificate of incorporation, by the incorporators or in respect to the application for the certificate of incorporation, to conform to any requirement of law which is a condition precedent to such issuance, may not subsequent thereto be held to invalidate the certificate of incorporation or alter the legal status of any act of a China Trade Act corporation, except in proceedings Exception. instituted by the registrar for the revocation of the certificate of incorporation.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 5, 42 Stat. 850.)

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