2017 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 4 - China Trade
Sec. 147 - Stock; issuance at par value

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Citation 15 U.S.C. § 147 (2017)
Section Name §147. Stock; issuance at par value
Section Text

Each share of the original or any subsequent issue of stock of a China Trade Act corporation shall be issued at not less than par value, and shall be paid for in cash, or in accordance with the provisions of section 148 of this title, in real or personal property which has been placed in the custody of the directors. No such share shall be issued until the amount of the par value thereof has been paid the corporation; and when issued, each share shall be held to be full paid and nonassessable; except that if any share is, in violation of this section, issued without the amount of the par value thereof having been paid to the corporation, the holder of such share shall be liable in suits by creditors for the difference between the amount paid for such share and the par value thereof.

Source Credit

(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, §7, 42 Stat. 851; Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, §7, 43 Stat. 996.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1925—Act Feb. 26, 1925, substituted "not less than par value" for "par value only".

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 4 - CHINA TRADE
Sec. 147 - Stock; issuance at par value
Contains section 147
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 42 Stat. 851
43 Stat. 996
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