{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-corporations-and-associations-5-6c-02","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Corporations and Associations § 5–6C–02","heading":"","body":"(a) The provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law apply to benefit corporations except to the extent that:\n(1) The context of a provision clearly requires otherwise; or\n(2) A specific provision of this subtitle or another provision of law governing specific classes of corporations provides otherwise.\n(b) This subtitle applies only to benefit corporations.\n(c) (1) The existence of a provision of this subtitle does not of itself create any implication that a contrary or different rule of law is or would be applicable to a corporation that is not a benefit corporation.\n(2) This subtitle does not affect any statute or rule of law as it applies to a corporation that is not a benefit corporation.\n(d) A provision of the charter or bylaws of a benefit corporation may not be inconsistent with any provision of this subtitle.","path":["Article - Corporations and Associations"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gca\u0026section=5-6C-02","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:43Z","sha256":"ccc8d3ca7cd62c66600113f5ccbd149e3eb0f7159fd384f05300c3408fc54d8d","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-corporations-and-associations-5-6c-01","next":"us-md/md.-code-corporations-and-associations-5-6c-03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}