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Practice question: Corporations (RA 11232, Secs. 2, 4, and 18)

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Founders obtain reservation of a proposed corporate name but have not yet received a certificate of incorporation. Under Section 18’s commencement rule, does name reservation alone establish the corporation’s juridical personality?
  1. No; reservation is preliminary to the statutory certificate-issuance event
  2. Yes, every reservation is the certificate itself
  3. Yes, if a logo is attractive
  4. Yes, if the founders announce it publicly
  5. Yes, if a bank account is planned

Legal references

  • RA 11232, Section 18: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/86463

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