§419-4 Amendment of articles. Subject to the provisos set forth in this section, and subject to any lawful restrictions upon the power to amend the articles of incorporation sole filed under section 419-2, the incumbent of the corporation may at any time amend the articles of incorporation by changing its name, the term of its existence, the boundaries of the district subject to its jurisdiction, the place of its principal office, the manner of filling any vacancy in the incumbency thereof, its powers, or any provision of the articles for the regulation of the affairs of the corporation (except restrictions upon the power to amend the articles), and may, by amendment of the articles, make provision for any act or thing for which provision is authorized in original articles of incorporation sole formed under this chapter.
The incumbent of the corporation sole shall subscribe and verify a certificate which shall set forth the amendment either by stating that the articles have been amended to read as set forth in the certificate in full or by stating that any provision or provisions of the articles, which shall be identified by the numerical or other designation or designations thereof in the articles or by stating the wording thereof, has or have been amended to read as set forth in the certificate. The certificate shall further state that the amendment has been duly authorized by the rules, regulations, or discipline of the church of which the incumbent is an officer; provided that no amendment shall confer any other or greater powers or privileges than could lawfully be conferred or obtained in the original articles; provided further that no amendment shall become effective unless the same is allowed by the director of commerce and consumer affairs. [L Sp 1941, c 58, pt of §1(6768); RL 1945, §8404; RL 1955, §175-4; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §15; am L 1963, c 114, §3; HRS §419-4; am L 1980, c 259, §16; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1983, c 124, §17; am L 1988, c 373, §14]
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