Companies Act, 1862

Application of Act to companies registered under Joint Stock Companies Acts.

177. This Act shall apply to companies registered but not formed under the said Joint Stock Companies Acts or any of them in the same manner as it is herein-after declared to apply to companies registered but not formed under this Act, with this qualification, that wherever reference is made expressly or impliedly to the date of registration, such date shall be deemed to refer to the date at which such companies were respectively registered under the said Joint Stock Companies Acts or any of them.