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Application of Act to companies re-registered under Companies Act, 1879. 
42 & 43 Vict. c. 76. | 
247. This Act shall apply to every unlimited company registered in pursuance of the Companies Act, 1879, as a limited company, in the same manner as it applies to an unlimited company registered in pursuance of this Act as a limited company : | 
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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 as a limited company under the Companies Act, 1879. |