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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » BSC - Business Corporation » Article 2 - Corporate Purposes and Powers

201 – Purposes.

§ 201. Purposes. (a) A corporation may be formed under this chapter for any lawful business purpose or purposes except to do in this state any business for which formation is permitted under any other statute of this state unless such statute permits formation under this chapter. If, immediately prior to the effective date of […]

202 – General Powers.

§ 202. General powers. (a) Each corporation, subject to any limitations provided in this chapter or any other statute of this state or its certificate of incorporation, shall have power in furtherance of its corporate purposes: (1) To have perpetual duration. (2) To sue and be sued in all courts and to participate in actions […]

203 – Defense of Ultra Vires.

§ 203. Defense of ultra vires. (a) No act of a corporation and no transfer of real or personal property to or by a corporation, otherwise lawful, shall be invalid by reason of the fact that the corporation was without capacity or power to do such act or to make or receive such transfer, but […]