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PUBLIC LAW 87-569-AUG. 6, 1962
cial Act of Congress to transact business or conduct affairs in the District, or that of any foreign corporation, whether for profit or not for profit, authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in the District, or a name, the exclusive, right to which is, at the time, reserved in the manner provided in this Act, or in accordance with the provisions of the District of Columbia Business i Corporation Act; essiat. 177 D, C. (b) unless the corporate name of such corporation is in English, 29-901. Code or is transliterated into letters of the English alphabet if it is not in English. CHANGE o r N A M E BY FOREIGN CORPORATION
SEC. 67. Whenever a foreign corporation which is authorized to conduct affairs in the District of Columbia shall change its name to one under which a certificate of authority would not be granted to it on application therefor, the authority of such corporation shall be suspended and it shall not thereafter conduct any affairs in the District until it has changed its name to a name which is available to it under the laws of the District. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY
SEC. 68. A foreign corporation, in order to procure a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in the District of Columbia, shall make application therefor to the Commissioners, which application shall set forth— (a) the name of the corporation and the State or country under the laws of which it is incorporated; (b) the date of incorporation and the period of duration of the corporation; (c) the address, including street and number, if any, of the principal office of the corporation in the State or country under the laws of which it is incorporated; (d) the address, including street and number, if any, of the proposed registered office of the corporation in the District, and the name of its proposed registered agent in the District at such address; (e) a brief statement of the purposes it proposes to pursue in conducting its affairs in the District; (f) the names and respective addresses, including street and number, if any, of the directors and officers of the corporation; (g) such additional information as may be necessary or appropriate in order to enable the Commissioners to determine whether such corporation is entitled to a certificate to conduct affairs in the District. Such application shall be executed in duplicate by the corporation by its president or a vice president, and the corporate seal shall be thereto affixed, attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary. FILING OF APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY
SEC. 69. (a) There shall be delivered to the Commissioners— (1) duplicate originals of the application of the corporation for a certificate of authority; (2) a copy of its articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto, duly certified by the proper officer of the State or country under the laws of which it is incorporated. (b) If the Commissioners find that such application conforms to law, they shall, when all fees and charges have been paid as in this Act
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