# Companies (Consolidation) Act 1908, Section 245: Application of Act to companies formed under former Companies Acts.


In the application of this Act to existing companies, It shall apply in the same manner 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; 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 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, or under the Companies Act, 1862, as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/69/section/245 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-consolidation-act-1908/section-245
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