15 USC § 144a - Incorporation fee for perpetual existence

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s144a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 144a - Incorporation fee for perpetual existence"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "144a"
section_name: "Incorporation fee for perpetual existence"
chapter_number: 4
chapter_name: "CHINA TRADE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 25, 1938, ch. 696, § 2, 52 Stat. 1196.)"
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# § 144a. Incorporation fee for perpetual existence

June 25, 1938

Any China Trade Act corporation existing on , may make its existence perpetual only upon application to the Secretary of Commerce to amend its charter in that respect and upon payment of a fee equivalent to the incorporation fee. Upon receipt of such application and the payment of such prescribed fee, the Secretary shall approve such application and the charter of the corporation shall be amended accordingly.

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**Source Credit**: (June 25, 1938, ch. 696, § 2, 52 Stat. 1196.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the China Trade Act, 1922, which comprises this chapter.