2. Extra-provincial corporations, for the purposes of this act, include all commercial corporations and joint stock companies not incorporated by or in virtue of an act of the Legislature of Québec, or of the Parliament of Canada, of the Legislature of the late Province of Lower Canada, or that of the late Province of Canada, except:(1) Loan and investment societies licensed under the provisions of the Loan and Investment Societies Act (chapter S-30);
(2) Insurance companies, mutual benefit societies and charitable societies, the same being governed by the Act respecting insurance (chapter A-32);
(3) Trust companies incorporated in virtue of the law of one of the provinces of Canada or of a foreign country, which are governed by the Trust Companies Act (chapter C-41);
(4) Corporations and companies incorporated under or in virtue of an act of a Legislature of another Province of Canada in which corporations and companies incorporated under and in virtue of the laws of Québec are authorized to do business without being obliged to take out a license therefor.