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title: "15 U.S.C. § 162"
description: "Creation of China corporations restricted"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 162 - Creation of China corporations restricted

## Text

No corporation for the purpose of engaging in business within China shall be created under any law of the United States other than this chapter.

(Sept. 19, 1922, ch. 346, § 29, as added Feb. 26, 1925, ch. 345, § 13, 43 Stat. 997.)