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PUBLIC LAW 87-569-AUG. 6, 1962

[76 STAT.

of this Act, prescribe penalties for the violation of any such regulation not exceeding a ftne of $300 or imprisonment for ninety days, or both, and to prescribe such forms and procedures for use in the conduct of the business of any office or agency established by them as they may deem appropriate. APPEAL FROM COMMISSIONERS

SEC. 94. (a) If the Commissioners shall fail to approve any articles of incorporation, amendment, merger, consolidation, or dissolution, or any other document required by this Act to be approved by the Commissioners before the same shall be filed in their office, they shall, within ten days after the delivery thereof to them, give written notice of their disapproval to the person or corporation, domestic or foreign, delivering the same, specifying the reasons therefor. From such disapproval such person or corporation may appeal to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by filing with the clerk of such court a petition setting forth a copy of the articles or other document sought to be filed and a copy of the written disapproval thereof by the Commissioners; whereupon the matter shall be tried de novo by the court, and the court shall either sustain the action of the Commissioners or direct them to take such action as the court may deem proper. (b) If the Commissioners shall revoke the certificate of authority to conduct affairs in th« District of any foreign corporation, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, such foreign corporation may likewise appeal to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by filing with the clerk of such court a petition setting forth a copy of its certificate of authority to conduct affairs in the District and a copy of the notice oi revocation given by the Commissioners; whereupon the matter shall be tried de novo by the court, and the court shall either sustain the action of the Commissioners or direct them to take such action as the court may deem proper. Appeals from all final orders and judgments entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia under this section in review of any ruling or decision of the Commissioners may be taken as in other civil actions. CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFIED COPIES TO BE RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE

SEC. 95. All certificates issued by the Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and all copies of documents filed in their office in accordance with the provisions of this Act when certified by them, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. A certificate by the Commissioners under the seal of their office, as to the existence or nonexistence of the facts relating to corporations which would not appear from a certified copy of any of the foregoing documents or certificates shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts therein stated. FORMS TO BE FURNISHED BY COMMISSIONERS

SEC. 96. All reports required by this Act to be filed in the office of the Commissioners shall be made on forms which shall be prescribed and furnished by the Commissioners. Forms for all other documents to be filed in the office of the Commissioners shall be furnished by the Commissioners on request therefor, but the use thereof, unless otherwise specifically prescribed in this Act, shall not be mandatory.

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