Delaware Constitution

Article IX, § 1 — Creation, amendment, renewal, or revival by general law; exceptions; revocation or forfeitures of charters; requisites for enactment of corporation laws

Delaware Const. art. IX, § 1

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No corporation shall hereafter be created, amended, renewed, or revived by special act, but only by or under general law, nor shall any existing corporate charter be amended, renewed, or revived by special act, but only by or under general law; but the foregoing provisions shall not apply to municipal corporations, banks, or corporations for charitable, penal, reformatory, or educational purposes, sustained in whole or in part by this State. The General Assembly shall, by general law, provide for the revocation or forfeiture of the charters of all corporations for the abuse, misuse, or nonuse of their corporate powers, privileges, or franchises. Any proceeding for such revocation or forfeiture, shall be taken by the Attorney General, as may be provided by law. No general incorporation law, nor any special act of incorporation, shall be enacted without the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly.

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History

84 Del. Laws, c. 281; 85 Del. Laws, c. 5

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