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                                ARTICLE B
                 DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATIONS GENERALLY

     Chapter
       13.  Incorporation
       15.  Corporate Powers, Duties and Safeguards
       17.  Officers, Directors and Shareholders
       19.  Fundamental Changes

                                CHAPTER 13
                              INCORPORATION

     Subchapter
        A.  Incorporation Generally
        B.  Revival

        Enactment.  Chapter 13 was added December 21, 1988, P.L.1444,
     No.177, effective October 1, 1989.
        Cross References.  Chapter 13 is referred to in section 1306
     of this title.

                               SUBCHAPTER A
                         INCORPORATION GENERALLY

     Sec.
     1301.  Purposes.
     1302.  Number and qualifications of incorporators.
     1303.  Corporate name.
     1304.  Required name changes by senior corporations.
     1305.  Reservation of corporate name.
     1306.  Articles of incorporation.
     1307.  Advertisement.
     1308.  Filing of articles.
     1309.  Effect of filing of articles of incorporation.
     1310.  Organization meeting.
     1311.  Filing of statement of summary of record by certain
            corporations.
     § 1301.  Purposes.
        Corporations may be incorporated under this subpart for any
     lawful purpose or purposes. Unless otherwise restricted in its
     articles, every business corporation has as its corporate
     purpose the engaging in all lawful business for which
     corporations may be incorporated under this subpart.

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