No company organized after August 10, 1961 under this article shall issue any shares of stock having a par value of less than $1.00 per share. No company organized under this article whose stock has a par value of $1.00 or more per share, or after August 10, 1961, whose stock shall be increased to $1.00 or more per share, shall decrease the par value of its stock to less than $1.00 per share; and after October 1, 1963, no such company whose stock has a par value of less than $1.00 per share shall decrease the par value below the value fixed for it on October 1, 1963. The restrictions of this Section shall not apply to a decrease in par value because of any reduction of capital under subsection (2) of Section 34.
215 ILCS 5/35.1