[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 27CFR40.63]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 40--MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart E--Qualification Requirements for Manufacturers
 
Sec. 40.63  Corporate documents.

    Every corporation, before commencing business as a manufacturer of 
tobacco products, shall furnish with its application for permit, 
required by Sec. 40.62, a true copy of the corporate charter or a 
certificate of corporate existence or incorporation executed by the 
appropriate officer of the State in which incorporated. The corporation 
shall likewise furnish duly authenticated extracts of the stockholders' 
meetings, bylaws, or directors' meetings, listing the offices the 
incumbents of which are authorized to sign documents or otherwise act in 
behalf of the corporation in matters relating to 26 U.S.C. chapter 52, 
and regulations issued thereunder. The corporation shall also furnish 
evidence, in duplicate, of the identity of the officers and directors 
and each person who holds more than ten percent of the stock of such 
corporation. Where any of the information required by this section has 
previously been filed with the same regional director (compliance) and 
such information is currently complete and accurate, a written statement 
to that effect, in duplicate, will be sufficient for the purpose of this 
section.

(Sec. 201, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1421, as amended (26 U.S.C. 5712))

[T.D. 6840, 30 FR 9310, July 27, 1965. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 
15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-48, 44 FR 55854, Sept. 28, 1979]