If the corporate rights, privileges, and powers of a subject corporation have been suspended and are still suspended immediately prior to January 1, 1984 pursuant to the prior law, as a result of its incorporation of the General Nonprofit Corporation Law (commencing with Section 9000) in effect on December 31, 1979, and the incorporation by the General Nonprofit Corporation Law of Sections 5700 through 5908 of the prior law (Section 2300), such sections and provisions continue to apply to such corporation until restoration by the controller pursuant to such sections.