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# O.C.G.A. § 14-5-1. Intention.

This chapter is intended to be and is merely a recompilation of existing statutes affecting and regulating corporations and is not intended to change or alter the legal status of any corporation in existence on April 1, 1969.

## History

Code 1933, § 22-5601, enacted by Ga. L. 1969, p. 152, § 74.