SECTIONS 35000-35007 - California Statutes

CORPORATIONS CODE

SECTION 35000-35007

35000. This title may be cited as the Subversive Organization
Registration Law.

35001. This title is enacted in the exercise of the police power of
this State for the protection of the public peace and safety by
requiring the registration of subversive organizations which are
conceived and exist for the purpose of undermining and eventually
destroying the democratic form of government in this State and in the
United States.

35002. As used in this title, "subversive organization" means every
corporation, association, society, camp, group, bund, political
party, assembly, and every body or organization composed of two or
more persons or members, which comes within either or both of the
following descriptions:
(a) Which directly or indirectly advocates, advises, teaches, or
practices, the duty, necessity, or propriety of controlling,
conducting, seizing, or overthrowing the Government of the United
States, of this State, or of any political subdivision thereof by
force or violence.
(b) Which is subject to foreign control as defined in Section
35003.

35003. An organization is "subject to foreign control" if it comes
within either of the following descriptions:
(a) It solicits or accepts financial contributions, loans, or
support of any kind directly or indirectly from, or is affiliated
directly or indirectly with, a foreign government or a political
subdivision thereof, an agent, agency, or instrumentality of a
foreign government or political subdivision thereof, a political
party in a foreign country, or an international political
organization.
(b) Its policies, or any of them, are determined by or at the
suggestion of, or in collaboration with, a foreign government or
political subdivision thereof, an agent, agency, or instrumentality
of a foreign government or a political subdivision thereof, a
political party in a foreign country, or an international political
organization.

35004. "Subversive organization" does not include any labor union
or religious, fraternal, or patriotic organization, society, or
association whose objectives and aims do not contemplate the
overthrow of the Government of the United States, of this State, or
of any political subdivision thereof by force or violence.

35005. This title imposes additional requirements upon
corporations, associations, or organizations which are subversive
organizations. Neither the fact that such a corporation, association,
or organization was organized pursuant to law nor that its affairs
and activities are in any respect regulated by law exempts it from
complying with this title.

35006. The Secretary of State may adopt and promulgate such rules
and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this title, and may alter, amend, or repeal such rules and
regulations.

35007. If any provision of this title, or the application thereof
to any person, corporation, association, organization, or
circumstances, is for any reason held invalid, ineffective, or
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder
of this title, or the application of such provision to other persons,
corporations, associations, organizations, or circumstances, shall
not be affected thereby, and the Legislature hereby declares the
severability of the several sections and provisions of this title,
and that it would have enacted this title without the invalid
provisions or the invalid applications, as the case may be, had such
invalidity been apparent.