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BP 68 (The Corporation Code of the Philippines) Section 114

BP 68 (The Corporation Code of the Philippines) Section 114

Filling of vacancies.

Section 114

SEC. 114. Filling of vacancies.—The successors in office of any chief archbishop, bishop, priest, minister, rabbi or presiding- elder in a corporation sole shall become the corporation sole on their accession to office and shall be permitted to transact business as such on the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a copy of their commission, certificate of election, or letters of ap­pointment, duly certified by any notary public. During any vacancy in the office of chief archbishop, bishop, priest, minister, rabbi or presiding elder of any religious denomination, sect or church incorporated as a corporation sole, the person or persons authorized and empowered by the rules, regulations or discipline of the religious denomination, sect or church represented by the corporation sole to administer the temporalities and manage the affairs, estate and properties of the corporation sole during the vacancy shall exercise all the powers and authority of the corporation sole during such vacancy. (158a)

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