Companies (Transitional Provisions) Act 1981
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(1) A name under which a company was registered under the Companies Ordinance 1962 immediately before the commencement of the Companies Act 1981 shall, for the purposes of Division 2 of Part III of that Act, be deemed to be registered under that Division in respect of that company unless and until the registration of the name is cancelled, or ceases to be in force, under that Division. (2) A reference in subsection (1) to a company shall be construed as including a reference to a corporation that, immediately before the commencement of the Companies Act 1981, was registered under the Companies Ordinance 1962 as a foreign company, whether that corporation is, for the purposes of that Act, a recognized company or a foreign company. (3) Where, within the period of 2 months immediately preceding the date of commencement of the Companies Act 1981:
(a) a name was reserved under subsection 22(8) of the Companies Ordinance 1962; or
(b) the period for which a name was reserved under the Companies Ordinance 1962 was extended by the Registrar under subsection 22(9) of that Ordinance;
the name shall, for the purposes of the Companies Act 1981, be deemed to be reserved under Division 2 of Part III of that Act until the date on which the reservation of that name under the Companies Ordinance 1962 would have ceased.