No corporation or company organized by virtue of the laws of any of the states of this Union shall carry on in the District of Columbia any of the kinds of business named in this chapter without strict compliance in all particulars with the provisions of this chapter for the government of such corporations formed under it, and each one of the officers of the corporation or company so offending shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
D.C. Code § 26-1335
Compliance required of foreign corporations or companies
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1309, ch. 854, § 747; Mar. 4, 1933, 47 Stat. 1567, ch. 274, § 5
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.