The governing body of any corporation as herein defined may, without judicial proceedings, amend its certificate of incorporation to expressly exclude the provisions of section 2 of this act, by executing a certificate of amendment incorporating such exclusion and filing a copy thereof in the office of the Secretary of State of this State. Upon the filing of such amendment, the provisions of section 2 of this act shall not be applicable to such corporation.
N.J.S. § 15:19-3