125. This Part shall apply,—(1) To every joint stock company incorporated by an act of the Legislature of Québec, after (insert here the date of coming into force of the Revised Statutes, 1977), for any purpose other than the building and working of railways or for any other purpose for which other special provisions of law exist;
(2) To every joint stock company incorporated by an act of the Legislature of Québec before (insert here the date of coming into force of the Revised Statutes, 1977), and which was, before their repeal, governed by the provisions of articles 5957 to 6001 of the Revised Statutes, 1909, or by the provisions of Part II of The Québec Companies’ Act, 1920, or of Part II of chapter 223 of the Revised Statutes, 1925 or of chapter 276 of the Revised Statutes, 1941, or by the provisions of Part II of chapter 271 of the Revised Statutes, 1964.