§ 141 Short title
§ 142 Definitions
§ 143 Registrar; designation; station; supervision by Secretary of Commerce
§ 144 China trade corporations
§ 144a Incorporation fee for perpetual existence
§ 145 Certificate of incorporation
§ 146 General powers of corporation
§ 146a Jurisdiction of suits by or against China Trade Act corporation
§ 147 Stock; issuance at par value
§ 148 Payment of stock in real or personal property
§ 149 Bylaws
§ 150 Stockholders’ meetings
§ 151 Directors
§ 152 Reports; records for public inspection
§ 153 Dividends
§ 154 Investigations by registrar; revocation of certificate of incorporation
§ 155 Authority of registrar in obtaining evidence
§ 156 Dissolution of corporation; trustees
§ 157 Regulations and fees; disposition of fees and penalties
§ 158 False or fraudulent statements prohibited; penalties
§ 159 Unauthorized use of legend; penalty
§ 160 Maintenance of agent for service
§ 161 Alteration, amendment, or repeal
§ 162 Creation of China corporations restricted

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 15 > Chapter 4 - China Trade

  • association: when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words "successors and assigns of such company or association" in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed. See 1 USC 5
  • China: means (1) China including Manchuria, Tibet, Mongolia, and any territory leased by China to any foreign government, (2) the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, and (3) the Province of Macao. See 15 USC 142
  • domestic: when applied to a corporation or partnership means created or organized in the United States or under the law of the United States or of any State unless, in the case of a partnership, the Secretary provides otherwise by regulations. See
  • Federal district court: means any Federal district court, and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. See 15 USC 142
  • foreign: when applied to a corporation or partnership means a corporation or partnership which is not domestic. See
  • including: when used in a definition contained in this title shall not be deemed to exclude other things otherwise within the meaning of the term defined. See
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • oath: includes affirmation, and "sworn" includes affirmed. See 1 USC 1
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • person: as used in this subchapter , includes an officer or employee of a corporation, or a member or employee of a partnership, who as such officer, employee, or member is under a duty to perform the act in respect of which the violation occurs. See 26 USC 6664
  • person: includes individual, partnership, corporation, and association. See 15 USC 142
  • registrar: means the China Trade Act registrar appointed under section 143 of this title. See 15 USC 142
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Commerce. See 15 USC 142
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • State: shall be construed to include the District of Columbia, where such construction is necessary to carry out provisions of this title. See
  • stock: includes shares in an association, joint-stock company, or insurance company. See
  • taxpayer: means any person subject to any internal revenue tax. See
  • transaction: includes a series of transactions. See
  • United States: when used in a geographical sense includes only the States and the District of Columbia. See
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1