SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor

section shall not of itself render a foreign corporation subject to suit
in this State, or be construed as a consent by it to be sued in this
State, on any cause of action on which it would not be subject to suit
in this State if it had not complied with this section. The resignation
of a resident agent of a foreign corporation shall not be effective
until ten days after an original counterpart thereof has been filed
with the [Commission] Department unless at the time of such resig-
nation such foreign corporation has one or more other resident
agents.

(b)    Any such foreign corporation may at any time certify to the
[Commission] Department, (1) the location of a principal office in
this State, which may, but need not, be a business office of the cor-
poration, (2) a change in the location of such principal office, and
(3) that it no longer has such a principal office.

(c)    Every certificate giving the name and address of a resident
agent of any such foreign corporation, or relating to the location of
the principal office of any such foreign corporation in this State shall
show the post office address of such resident agent or principal office.
Every such certificate and every certificate giving the mailing ad-
dress of any such foreign corporation shall be signed in the name and
on behalf of such foreign corporation by the president or a vice-
president thereof.

(d)    Every such foreign corporation which has complied with
the requirements of subsection (a) hereof, and, when applicable, of
subsection (c) hereof, shall be deemed to be registered to do inter-
state and foreign business in this State as long as such foreign cor-
poration has at least one resident agent in this State. Any such
foreign corporation so registered may obtain from the [Commission]
Department a certificate or certificates that it has so registered. If
such foreign corporation has a principal office certified under sub-
section (b) hereof, such certificate or certificates of registration shall
so state.

(e)    Every such foreign corporation which has not heretofore
qualified to do intrastate business in this State shall, before doing
intrastate business in this State, in addition to complying with the
requirements of subsections (a) and (c) hereof, file with the [Com-
mission] Department an officially certified copy of its charter, if
incorporated, or of the instrument or instruments under which it was
formed if not incorporated, including in each case an officially cer-
tified copy of every amendment thereof and supplement thereto.
The filing of an officially certified copy of a composite charter con-
taining all amendments and supplements then in effect shall be
deemed a compliance with this requirement.

(f)    Every such foreign corporation shall be qualified to do intra-
state business in this State so long as

(1)    Such corporation has complied with the requirements of sub-
section (a) hereof and, when applicable, of subsections (c) and (e)
hereof.

(2)    In the case of any such corporation qualifying or changing
its name on or after June 1, 1951, the name of such corporation com-
plies with the requirements of Section 5 of this Article.

(3)    Such corporation has at least one resident agent in this State.