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Section 1Corporate bodies, church officers as
Section 2Corporate bodies; status of ministers and lay officials
Section 3Management of trusts; appointment of trustees; rules and regulations
Section 4Corporate bodies, trustees as
Section 5Succession of parsonage land
Section 6Regulation of conveyances of church land
Section 7Conveyance of land by minister
Section 8Committees to settle accounts of officers
Section 9Repealed, 1965, 40
Section 10Overseers or trustees of monthly meeting of Quakers as corporation
Section 11Monthly meeting of Quakers; appointment of trustees; powers and duties
Section 12Unincorporated religious societies; powers
Section 13Reports of trustees
Section 14Removal of trustees
Section 15Repealed, 1954, 529, Sec. 3
Section 16Regulation of solicitation of funds for charitable purposes on public ways
Section 17Repealed, 1964, 718, Sec. 2
Section 18Definitions
Section 19Registration of charitable organization; filing of statement; contents
Section 20Exemption from registration
Section 21Repealed, 2010, 165, Sec. 4
Section 22Contracts
Section 23Solicitation disclosures
Section 24Registration by professional fund-raising counsel, commercial co-venturer, or professional solicitor; annual financial report
Section 25Records; public inspection
Section 26Fiscal records
Section 27Reciprocal agreements
Section 28Deceptive practices prohibited
Section 29Rules and regulations
Section 30Investigation of violations
Section 31Foreign organizations or persons; service of process
Section 32Violations; revocation of registration; fines and penalties; injunctions
Section 33Fiduciary capacity
Section 34Common Fund for Nonprofit Organizations; membership; investments
Section 35Paid solicitations and solicitors; violations; fine