Section 99-a - General provisions1.In any action or proceeding it shall be presumed that an acute emergency existing within any city or county within the state constitutes an acute emergency affecting every organization doing business within such city or county.2.During an acute emergency (a) the board of a domestic organization which has adopted emergency by-laws approved by the superintendent shall have the powers conferred by such by-laws and, except as provided in section ninety-nine, subdivisionthree (a), shall, to the extent that such by-laws relate to the subject matter contained in subdivisions two through seven of section ninety-eight have no other or different powers with respect to such subject matter, and (b) the board of a domestic organization which has not adopted emergency by-laws approved by the superintendent shall have all of the powers of an emergency board of directors pursuant to sectionninety-eight of this article.N.Y. Defense Emergency Act 1951 Law § 99-a