Corp. Code, § 12316 · Article 4. Articles of Incorporation
Corp. Code, § 12316
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If initial directors have not been named in the articles of incorporation, the incorporators may do whatever is necessary and proper to perfect the organization of the corporation, including the adoption and amendment of bylaws of the corporation and the election of directors and officers, until the directors are elected.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 792, Sec. 11.
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