Revised Corporation Code · Title I: General Provisions

Section 3

Classes of Corporations

Corporations formed or organized under this Code may be stock or nonstock corporations. Stock corporations are those which have capital stock divided into shares and are authorized to distribute to the holders of such shares, dividends, or allotments of the surplus profits on the basis of the shares held. All other corporations are nonstock corporations.

Text of Republic Act No. 11232 (approved February 20, 2019), which repealed Batas Pambansa Blg. 68, the 1980 Corporation Code. Shown as enacted; check SEC issuances for implementing rules. For information and research only, and not legal advice.