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(a) Articles of incorporation under this chapter shall be delivered to the director for filing, certified and executed by the bishop, chief priest, presiding elder, or other presiding officer forming the corporation sole and shall set forth:
(1) The name of the corporation;
(2) The name and address of the officer forming the corporation, the office which the officer holds in the church, and that the officer is duly authorized by the rules, regulations, or discipline of the church to take the action;
(3) The boundaries of the district subject to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the officer forming the corporation sole, in accordance with the rules, regulations, or discipline of the church;
(4) The place of the principal office of the corporation sole, which shall be in the State;
(5) The term for which the corporation sole is organized, which may be perpetual;
(6) The manner in which any vacancy occurring in the office of the bishop, chief priest, presiding elder, or other presiding officer forming the corporation sole is required to be filled by the rules, regulations, or constitution of the church;
(7) Additional powers to be set forth in its articles, in accordance with section 414D-52;
(8) Any lawful provision for the regulation of the affairs of the corporation sole, including restrictions upon the power to amend all or any part of the articles; and
(9) That the corporation is not organized for profit.
(b) If any articles of incorporation presented to the director under this chapter are not in conformity with the requirements of this section the director shall return the same to the incorporator specifying wherein the same fails to conform with this section and the incorporator may amend the articles and present them so amended. If the articles of incorporation are in conformity with law, the director shall file the articles of incorporation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Hawaii Revised Statutes Division 2. Business § 419-2 - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/hi/division-2-business/hi-rev-st-sect-419-2/
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