§ 5-6C-02
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§5–6C–02.
(a)The provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law apply to benefit corporations except to the extent that:
(1)The context of a provision clearly requires otherwise; or
(2)A specific provision of this subtitle or another provision of law governing specific classes of corporations provides otherwise.
(b)This subtitle applies only to benefit corporations.
(1)The existence of a provision of this subtitle does not of itself create any implication that a contrary or different rule of law is or would be applicable to a corporation that is not a benefit corporation.
(2)This subtitle does not affect any statute or rule of law as it applies to a corporation that is not a benefit corporation.
(d)A provision of the charter or bylaws of a benefit corporation may not be inconsistent with any provision of this subtitle.