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Bill PR24 explained in plain English

The Gage Research Institute Act, 2015

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR24
Full title
The Gage Research Institute Act, 2015
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 10, 2015
Sponsor

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 10, 2015
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

Bill PR24 revives The Gage Research Institute, restoring it to its legal status and allowing it to manage previously held property.

What It Means

This bill revives The Gage Research Institute. The corporation was voluntarily dissolved in 2001, but business has continued under its name. Reviving the corporation will allow it to deal with property that was held in its name when it was dissolved. The corporation will be restored to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others since its dissolution and its original liabilities, contracts, and debts.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives The Gage Research Institute.
  • Restores The Gage Research Institute to its legal position as it was before it was dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • Specifies that the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • The Gage Research Institute
  • James Scott (applicant and sole director of the ongoing organization)
  • Persons who may have acquired rights related to The Gage Research Institute after its dissolution.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The Gage Research Institute is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • The Gage Research Institute is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts from the time of its dissolution.
  • The revival is subject to rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (December 10, 2015).
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify how rights acquired by third parties after the dissolution will be handled or reconciled with the restored corporation's property and rights.
  • The bill does not detail the specific property or assets The Gage Research Institute will regain control of.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
The Gage Research Institute
revived

The Gage Research Institute, which was voluntarily dissolved in 2001, is brought back into existence with its previous legal standing.

Source: Section 1

Corporations Act, section 319
affected by revival

The voluntary dissolution of The Gage Research Institute under this section is effectively reversed by the revival provided in Bill PR24.

Source: Preamble

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Sep 15, 2015
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 9, 2015
Step 3
Committee review
Oct 7, 2015
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 9, 2015
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 10, 2015

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Han Dong
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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