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Application of chapter - 15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 502

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     § 502.  Application of chapter.
        (a)  General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in the scope
     provisions of subsequent provisions of this chapter, this
     chapter shall apply to and the word "corporation" in this
     chapter shall mean:
            (1)  A domestic or foreign corporation for profit.
            (2)  A domestic or foreign corporation not-for-profit.
        (b)  Corporations claiming exemption from power of the
     General Assembly.--Any provision of this chapter otherwise
     applicable to a corporation claiming exemption from the power of
     the General Assembly shall be inapplicable to such corporation
     to the extent, and only to the extent, required by the
     Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of
     Pennsylvania, or both.

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