a. Foreign corporations which were duly authorized to conduct activities in this State prior to January 1, 1969, and which did not thereafter withdraw from this State and which remain so authorized on the effective date of this act, for a purpose or purposes for which a corporation might secure authority under this act, are deemed to be authorized to conduct activities under this act and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges applicable to foreign corporations procuring certificates of authority to transact business in this State under this act; and from the time this act takes effect those corporations shall be subject to all the duties, restrictions, penalties and liabilities prescribed herein for foreign corporations procuring certificates of authority to transact business in this State under this act.

b. A foreign corporation which receives a certificate of authority under this act shall, until a certificate of revocation or of withdrawal is issued as provided in this act, enjoy the same, but no greater, rights and privileges as a domestic corporation organized for the purposes set forth in the application pursuant to which the certificate of authority is issued; and, except as in this act otherwise provided, shall be subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties and liabilities now or hereafter imposed upon a domestic corporation of like character.

c. A foreign corporation which conducts activities in this State without a certificate of authority under this act shall be subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties and liabilities now or hereafter imposed upon a foreign corporation procuring a certificate of authority.

L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:13-2, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.