Bill PR1 explained in plain English
Coutu Gold Mines Limited Act, 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Coutu Gold Mines Limited Act, 2012 revives the dissolved corporation, restoring it to its pre-dissolution legal status, excluding forfeited mining lands, and taking effect upon Royal Assent.
This bill revives Coutu Gold Mines Limited, a company that was dissolved in 1972. It restores the company to its legal position as it was before dissolution, including its property, rights, and liabilities, with some exceptions. Specifically, any mining lands or rights forfeited to the Crown after the company's dissolution are not returned. The revival does not determine who has rights to the company's assets or shares. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Revives Coutu Gold Mines Limited.
- Restores Coutu Gold Mines Limited to its legal position as of the date of its dissolution.
- Restores Coutu Gold Mines Limited's property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they were at the time of dissolution.
- Excludes forfeited mining lands, mining rights, or mining licenses of occupation from the restoration.
- States that the Act and the revival do not determine rights to the assets or shares of the corporation.
- Coutu Gold Mines Limited
- Peter Coutu
- Patrick Coutu
- Christopher Coutu
- Enid M. Coutu Geddes
- Janet Coutu Barker
- Nester J. Erechook
- The Crown (in relation to forfeited mining lands)
- Shareholders and beneficiaries of the estates of Wilfrid H. Coutu and Enid Mary Coutu
- Coutu Gold Mines Limited is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises, subject to its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent (June 19, 2012).
- The revival of the corporation is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution.
- Forfeited mining lands, rights, or licenses of occupation are excluded from the restoration.
- The Act and the revival do not determine any person's rights to the assets or shares of the corporation or the estates of Wilfrid H. Coutu or Enid Mary Coutu.
The dissolution of Coutu Gold Mines Limited under this Act in 1972 is reversed.
Source: Preamble
The dissolution of Coutu Gold Mines Limited under this Act in 1972 for failure to comply is reversed.
Source: Preamble
Mining lands, rights, or licenses of occupation held by Coutu Gold Mines Limited that were forfeited to the Crown under this Act after the corporation's dissolution are not restored to the corporation.
Source: Section 1 (2)
This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 3
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