3(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, the incorporated society shall be treated after incorporation as the same person as the registered society.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above, any agreement made, transaction effected or other thing done by, to or in relation to the registered society which is in force or effective immediately before incorporation shall have effect as if made, effected or done by, to or in relation to the incorporated society; and, accordingly, references to the society—
(a)in any agreement;
(b)in any process or other document issued, prepared or employed for the purposes of any proceeding before any court or other tribunal or authority; and
(c)in any other document whatsoever (other than an enactment) relating to or affecting any property, right or liability of the society,
shall be taken as referring to the incorporated society.