PURPOSES

The purposes of the Corporation shall include the following:
1. To promote the conduct and communication of scientific research in the field of psychopathy.
2. To encourage education and training in those fields of science that contribute to research in psychopathy.
3. To publish from time to time such books, journals, or other publications and to hold conferences and other meetings that are likely to further the aims of the Society.
4. To receive gifts in cash or kind for the promotion of the purposes of the Society.
The Corporation shall nonetheless have unlimited power to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning any or all lawful purposes for which corporations may be organized under the Illinois Nonprofit Corporation Act, Illinois Code Chapter 504A.
The Corporation shall be operated exclusively for those purposes allowed an exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and its Regulations as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended.
The Corporation is not organized for profit and no part of the net earnings of the Corporation shall be distributed to, or inure to the benefit of, any director or officer of this Corporation, contributor or private individual, either during the existence of this Corporation or upon its dissolution. No substantial part of the activities of this Corporation shall be to carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
Notwithstanding any provisions of these By-laws, the Corporation shall not conduct or carry on any business not permitted to be conducted or carried on by an organization, contributions to which are deductible under Section 170(c)(2) of said Code and Regulations as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended.