All certificates of authority issued by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of the act entitled “A supplement to an act entitled “An act to incorporate associations not for pecuniary profit,’ approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight,” approved June seventh, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five, shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and shall be of equal force as though issued pursuant thereto, but the possession of such certificate of authority shall not relieve any association from compliance with the provisions of this chapter, except that the minimum guarantee fund provided for in this chapter, with respect to associations holding such certificates, shall be one thousand dollars increased by five per cent of all the dues, contributions and assessments collected after September first, one thousand nine hundred thirty-five, but such fund shall not be required to exceed the minimum established by section 17:45-8 of this title.