15 USC § 162 - Creation of China corporations restricted

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s162"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 162 - Creation of China corporations restricted"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "162"
section_name: "Creation of China corporations restricted"
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: "(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 29, as added Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, § 13, 43 Stat. 997.)"
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# § 162. Creation of China corporations restricted

No corporation for the purpose of engaging in business within China shall be created under any law of the United States other than this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 29, as added Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, § 13, 43 Stat. 997.)