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D. c. Code

PUBLIC LAW 88-111-SEPT. 3, 1963

[77 STAT.

"(5) the date upon which such change will take place." " (g) Such statement shall be executed in duplicate by such registered a^ent in his individual name but if such agent is a corporation, domestic or foreign, such statement shall be executed by such corporation by its president or a vice president and the corporate seal shall be thereto affixed, attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary, and delivered to the Commissioners. If the Commissioners find that such statement conforms to law, they shall, when all fees and charges have been paid as in this Act prescribed: "(1) endorse on each of such duplicate originals the word 'Filed' and the month, day, and year of the filing thereof; "(2) file one of such duplicate originals in their office; and "(3) return the other duplicate original to the registered agent. " (h) The change of address of such registered agent as to each corporation named in such statement shall become effective upon the filing of such statement by the Commissioners or on the date set forth in such statement as the date on which such change of location of such registered office will take place, whichever is later." (8) Section 108 of such Act is amended to read as follows:

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"SERVICE OF PROCESS ON FOREIGN CORPORATION

"SEC. 108. (a) The registered agent so appointed by a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the District shall be an agent of such foreign corporation upon whom process against such corporation may be served, and upon whom any notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon such corporation may be served. Service of any process, notice, or demand upon a corporate agent, as such agent, may be had by delivering a copy of such process, notice, or demand to the president, vice president, the secretary, or an assistant secretary of such corporate agent. " (b) Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the District shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent in the District, or whenever any such registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of such corporation in the District, or whenever the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation shall be revoked, then the Commissioners shall be an agent of such foreign corporation upon whom any process against such corporation may be served and upon whom any notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon such corporation may be served. Service on the Commissioners of any such process, notice, or demand shall he made by delivering to and leav^ing with the Commissioners, or with any clerk having charge of their office, duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand. In the event any such process, notice, or demand is served on the (commissioners, they shall immediately cause one of such copies thereof to be forwarded by registered or certified mail, addressed to such corporation at its principal office in the State under the laws of which it is organized as the same appears in the records of the Commissioners. "(c) If any foreign corporation shall transact business in the District without a certificate of authority, it shall, by transacting such business, be deemed to have thereby appointed the Commissioners its agent and representatives upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served. Service shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the Commissioners, or with any clerk having charge of iheii office, duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand, together with an affidavit giving the latest known post office address of such corporation and such service shall be sufficient if notice thereof and

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