Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 41 - Foreign Business Corporations
Section 4145 - Applicability of certain safeguards to foreign domiciliary corporations


(a) General rule.--The General Assembly hereby finds and determines that foreign domiciliary corporations substantially affect this Commonwealth. The courts of this Commonwealth shall not dismiss or stay any action or proceeding brought by a shareholder or representative of a foreign domiciliary corporation, as such, against the corporation or any one or more of the shareholders or representatives thereof, as such, on the ground that the corporation is a foreign corporation for profit or that the cause of action relates to the internal affairs thereof, but every such action shall proceed with like effect as if the corporation were a domestic corporation. Except as provided in subsection (b), the court having jurisdiction of the action or proceeding shall apply the law of the jurisdiction under which the foreign domiciliary corporation was incorporated.
(b) (Reserved).
(c) (Reserved).
(d) Section exclusive.--The provisions of this subpart, other than the provisions of this section and section 4146 (relating to provisions applicable to all foreign corporations), shall not be construed to regulate the incorporation or internal affairs of a foreign corporation for profit.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

Chapter 41 - Foreign Business Corporations

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 4101 - Application of article

Section 4102 - Foreign domiciliary corporations

Section 4103 - Acquisition of foreign domiciliary corporation status

Section 4104 - Termination of foreign domiciliary corporation status

Section 4121 - Admission of foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4122 - Excluded activities (Repealed)

Section 4123 - Requirements for foreign corporation names (Repealed)

Section 4124 - Advertisement of registration to do business

Section 4125 - Issuance of certificate of authority (Repealed)

Section 4126 - Amended certificate of authority (Repealed)

Section 4127 - Merger, consolidation or division of qualified foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4128 - Revocation of certificate of authority (Repealed)

Section 4129 - Advertisement of termination of registration to do business

Section 4130 - Change of address after withdrawal (Repealed)

Section 4131 - Registration of name (Repealed)

Section 4141 - Penalty for doing business without certificate of authority (Repealed)

Section 4142 - General powers and duties of qualified foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4143 - General powers and duties of nonqualified foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4144 - Registered office of qualified foreign corporations (Repealed)

Section 4145 - Applicability of certain safeguards to foreign domiciliary corporations

Section 4146 - Provisions applicable to all foreign corporations