Guam § 281703 - Application of General Corporation Law of Guam.
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§ 281703. Application of General Corporation Law of Guam.
After the effective date of this Act no corporation shall be organized
under or be governed by the General Corporation Law of Guam as defined
in 18 GCA § 1101, including 18 GCA Division I, Part I, Chapters 1-9,
except those provisions of the General Corporation Law of Guam expressly
made applicable by the terms of this Act other than:
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(a) a corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of
Guam prior to the effective date of this Act, and which has not become
subject to this Act in the manner provided in § 281702;
(b) a not for profit, non-stock corporation, or an international
finance company or investment company as defined in Section 1102 of
the General Corporation Law of Guam, which is organized after the
effective date of this Act but which elects to be governed by the
General Corporation Law of Guam in its articles of incorporation.
I Liheslaturan Guåhan has the power as to any such corporation
organized after the effective date of this Act to amend or repeal all or any
part of the General Corporation Law of Guam at any time and all such
corporations shall be subject to and governed by such amendment or repeal.
Source: official Guam text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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