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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74800</law_id><section_number>13.1-783</section_number><catch_line>Application and effect of article</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Benefit Corporations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> This article shall apply to all <span class="dictionary">benefit corporations</span>. <a id="paragraph-268790" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-783/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The existence of a provision of this article shall not of itself create an implication that a contrary or different rule of <span class="dictionary">law</span> applies to a corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter that is not a <span class="dictionary">benefit corporation</span>. This article shall not affect a <span class="dictionary">statute</span> or rule of <span class="dictionary">law</span> that applies to a corporation that is not a <span class="dictionary">benefit corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-268791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-783/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The specific provisions of this article shall control over the general provisions of other articles of this chapter. <a id="paragraph-268792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-783/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2011, c. 698.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
