Pennsylvania Statutes Title 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated Associations § 5106. Uniform application of subpart

(1) Unless expressly provided otherwise in any amendment to this title, the amendment shall take effect only prospectively.

(2) Any existing corporation lawfully using a name or, as a part of its name, a word that could not be used as or included in the name of a corporation subsequently incorporated or qualified under this title may continue to use the name or word as part of its name if the use or inclusion of the word or name was lawful when first adopted by the corporation in this Commonwealth.

(3) Subsection (a) shall not adversely affect the rights specifically provided for or saved in this subpart, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the provisions of section 363 (relating to approval of division).

(4) Nothing in this title shall be deemed to repeal or supersede any provision in section 7 of the act of April 26, 1855 (P.L. 328, No. 347),   1 entitled “An act relating to Corporations and to Estates held for Corporate, Religious and Charitable uses.”