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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter unless a contrary intention appears,...
Section 2 - Scope of Chapter - Section 2. Except as expressly made applicable by reference in...
Section 3 - Corporations Not Within Application of Chapter; Adoption of Chapter - Section 3. Corporations which would otherwise be within the application...
Section 4 - Powers - Section 4. In addition to the powers and privileges given...
Section 5 - Holding Stock in Other Corporations; Prohibitions - Section 5. No corporation, unless authorized by a special act...
Section 6 - Agreement of Association; Contents - Section 6. Three or more persons may associate themselves by...
Section 7 - Corporations Dealing With Real Estate; Duration - Section 7. The agreement of association of any corporation formed...
Section 8 - First Meeting; Notice; Service; Waiver of Notice - Section 8. The first meeting of the incorporators shall be...
Section 9 - Organization; Selection of Temporary Clerk; Adoption of By-Laws; Election of Officers - Section 9. At the first meeting of a corporation organized...
Section 10 - Oath to Articles by Directors; Liability to Stockholders - Section 10. A majority of the directors elected at such...
Section 11 - Approval by Secretary of Corporation Documents; Filing of Articles - Section 11. The articles of organization and the agreement of...
Section 12 - Certificate of Incorporation - Section 12. Upon the approval and filing as above provided...
Section 13 - Scope of By-Laws - Section 13. Every corporation may determine by its by-laws the...
Section 14 - Creation and Issuance of Shares - Section 14. Every corporation in its agreement of association, or...
Section 15 - Consideration for Capital Stock; Instalment Payments - Section 15. Capital stock may be issued for cash, at...
Section 16 - Issuance of Unissued Balance of Authorized Capital Stock; Approval; Filing - Section 16. The whole or any part of any unissued...
Section 17 - Validation of Issue Not Submitted for Approval - Section 17. An issue of stock subsequent to that certified...
Section 18 - Payment of Subscriptions - Section 18. In the case of capital stock authorized to...
Section 19 - Subscriptions in Default; Sale of Rights to Subscribe - Section 19. If, under the articles of organization, capital stock...
Section 20 - Instalments in Default; Sale of Rights to Shares - Section 20. If, under the articles of organization, capital stock...
Section 21 - Management of Corporation - Section 21. The business of every corporation shall be managed...
Section 22 - Election or Appointment of Officers; Terms; Qualifications - Section 22. Except as otherwise provided in this and the...
Section 23 - Manufacturing Corporations; Election of Directors by Employees - Section 23. A manufacturing corporation may provide by by-law for...
Section 24 - Certificate of Changes; Submission to Secretary; Filing; Penalty - Section 24. Whenever any change is made in the officers...
Section 25 - Board of Directors; Powers - Section 25. The board of directors may exercise all the...
Section 26 - Executive Committee of Board; Duties - Section 26. A corporation may, by its by-laws, provide for...
Section 27 - Meetings of Board of Directors - Section 27. Meetings of the board of directors may be...
Section 28 - Stockholders Meetings; Time; Place; Notice; Quorum; Waiver of Notice - Section 28. There shall be an annual meeting of the...
Section 29 - Change in Date of Annual Meeting - Section 29. Whenever any change is made altering the date...
Section 30 - Special Meetings - Section 30. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called...
Section 31 - Corporate Voting of Own Shares - Section 31. No corporation shall, directly or indirectly, vote upon...
Section 32 - Voting Rights; Proxies - Section 32. Stockholders entitled to vote shall, except as provided...
Section 33 - Certificates; Signatures; Seal; Limitations and Preferences - Section 33. Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate,...
Section 34 - Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificates - Section 34. The directors of a corporation may, subject to...
Section 35 - Reduction of Capital Stock; Services Rendered by Operatives; Liability; Disproportionate Payments by a Stockholder; Contribution - Section 35. The stockholders of a corporation which reduces its...
Section 36 - Officers' Liability - Section 36. The president, treasurer and directors of every corporation...
Section 37 - Directors' Liability - Section 37. The directors of every corporation shall be jointly...
Section 38 - Conditions to Liability; Enforcement of Liability - Section 38. A stockholder of a corporation shall be held...
Section 39 - Discontinuance of Suit; Non-Joinder of Persons Liable; Death of Defendant - Section 39. Such suit shall not be discontinued by the...
Section 40 - Apportionment of Assessment - Section 40. Such sums as may be decreed to be...
Section 41 - Increase or Reduction of Capital Stock; Changes of Location; Change of Par Value of Capital Stock; Dissolution Proceedings - Section 41. Every corporation may, at a meeting duly called...
Section 41a - Change in Number of Shares Without Par Value - Section 41A. Any corporation having authorized shares without par value...
Section 41b - Change in Number of Shares With Par Value - Section 41B. Any corporation having authorized shares with par value...
Section 41c - Change of Shares Without Par Value to Par Value Shares - Section 41C. Any corporation having authorized shares without par value...
Section 42 - Change of Structure; Conveyance of Property - Section 42. Every corporation may, at a meeting duly called...
Section 43 - Approval of Amendments or Alterations; Fees - Section 43. Within thirty days after any meeting at which...
Section 44 - Increase in Capital Stock in Accordance With Sec. 41 or 41c; Content of Articles - Section 44. If an increase in the total amount of...
Section 45 - Reduction of Capital Stock in Accordance With Sec. 41 or 41c; Content of Articles - Section 45. If a reduction of the capital stock of...
Section 46 - Sale, Lease or Exchange of Property and Assets; Remedy of Dissenting Stockholder - Section 46. A stockholder in any corporation which shall have...
Section 46a - Definitions; Organizations Authorized to Merge; Method; Effect of Merger - Section 46A. (1) The following words as used in this...
Section 46b - Corporations Authorized to Consolidate; Method - Section 46B. Two or more corporations may be consolidated into...
Section 46c - Effect of Consolidation - Section 46C. Upon the filing of the articles of consolidation...
Section 46d - Merger or Consolidation With Foreign Corporation; Method; Liability of Directors - Section 46D. A corporation may be consolidated or merged with...
Section 46e - Consolidations; Remedy of Dissenting Shareholders - Section 46E. A stockholder in any corporation which shall have...
Section 46f - Certificates of Merger or Consolidation; Issuance by State Secretary - Section 46F. Upon payment of a fee to be determined...
Section 47 - Annual Report of Condition; Contents - Section 47. Every corporation shall annually, within four months after...
Section 48 - Annual Report of Condition; Approval; Filing; Public Inspection - Section 48. The secretary shall examine such report, and if...
Section 50 - Failure to File Report of Condition; Penalty - Section 50. If a corporation fails to file its report...
Section 51 - Appointment of Receiver - Section 51. Under the circumstances set forth in section fifty-two...
Section 52 - Failure to File Certificates or Reports - Section 52. Penalties or forfeitures incurred by any corporation which...
Section 53 - Filing of Articles of Organization; Fees - Section 53. The fee for filing the articles of organization...
Section 54 - Certain Certificates; Determination of Fees - Section 54. The fees for filing the following certificates shall...
Section 55 - Filing of Other Amendments, Certificates, Statements and Reports; Fees - Section 55. The fees for filing all other amendments, certificates,...