# Companies Act 1948, Section 457: Construction of references in other Acts to subsidiary companies as defined by, and companies registered under, the Companies Act, 1929.


Notwithstanding subsection (1) of section thirty-eight of the 52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.Interpretation Act, 1889 (which provides that where an Act repeals and re-enacts, with or without modification, any provisions of a former Act, references in any other Act to the provisions so repealed shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as references to the provisions so re-enacted),—
(a) references, in whatever terms, in any Act other than this Act to a subsidiary company as defined by the Companies Act, 1929, shall be construed in like manner as if this Act had not passed;
(b) references in any Act other than this Act to a company formed and registered, or registered, under the Companies Act, 1929, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as references to a company formed and registered, or registered, under that Act or this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38/section/457 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948/section-457
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