Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 139

139. (1) This section applies where a foreign company is registered as a
company under this Division.

(2) Such of the provisions of the foreign company's constitution as this Act
would, if the foreign company had originally been incorporated under Division
1 on its registration day, have required its memorandum to include shall be
deemed to be the company's registered memorandum and bind the company and its
members accordingly.

(3) The other provisions of the constitution shall be deemed to be the
company's registered articles and bind the company and its members
accordingly.

(4) If the constitution, or a part of it, is in a language other than English,
the translation of the constitution or part into English that was lodged with
the application for registration shall, even if incorrect, be deemed for the
purposes of subsections (2) and (3) to be the constitution or part, to the
exclusion of the constitution or part itself.