PART VII Application of Act to Companies formed or registered under former Acts.

377 Application of Act to companies formed and registered under former Companies Acts.
In the application of this Act to existing companies, it shall apply in the same manner—
(a) in the case of a limited company, other than a company limited by guarantee, as if the company had been formed and registered under this. Act as a company limited by shares;
(b) in the case of a company limited by guarantee, as if the company had been formed and registered under this Act as a company limited by guarantee; and
(c) in the case of a company other than a limited company, as if the company had been formed and registered under this Act as an unlimited company:
Provided that reference, express or implied, to the date of registration shall be construed as a reference to the date at which the company was registered under the Joint Stock Companies Acts, the Companies Act, 1862, the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, or the Companies Act, 1929, as the case may be.
25 & 26 Vict. c. 89.