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Bill PR46 explained in plain English

Harold Coles Inc. Act, 2016

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 PR46
Full title
Harold Coles Inc. Act, 2016
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Jun 9, 2016

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
Jun 9, 2016
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

Bill PR46 revives the corporation Harold Coles Inc., restoring it to its legal position as of its dissolution, subject to rights acquired by others.

What It Means

This Act allows Harold Coles Inc. to be revived. The company was dissolved in 2006. A shareholder wants to revive it to deal with property that belonged to the company when it was dissolved. The Act restores the company to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, including its property, rights, and liabilities, but this is subject to any rights that other people have acquired since the company's dissolution.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation Harold Coles Inc.
  • Restores Harold Coles Inc. to its legal position as if it had not been 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.
Who Is Affected
  • Harold Coles Inc.
  • Shareholders and directors of Harold Coles Inc.
  • Eleanor Coles
  • Third parties who acquired rights after the dissolution of Harold Coles Inc.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Harold Coles Inc. is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of the date of its dissolution.
  • The revival of Harold Coles Inc. is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent, which was June 9, 2016.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The Act states that the revival of Harold Coles Inc. is subject to any rights that have been acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution. The extent of these pre-existing rights and how they might affect the revived corporation is not detailed in the bill text.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Harold Coles Inc.
revival

Harold Coles Inc. is revived and restored to its legal status and all its assets and liabilities as they were at the time of its dissolution, unless third parties have acquired rights since its dissolution.

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
May 30, 2016
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 8, 2016
Step 3
Committee review
Jun 8, 2016
Step 4
Third reading
Jun 8, 2016
Step 5
Royal assent
Jun 9, 2016

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
Monique Taylor
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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