Bill PR17 explained in plain English
J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc. Act, 2023
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill PR17 revives the dissolved corporation J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc. and restores it to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved.
This is a special law that brings back a company called J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc., which was shut down in November 2021. Giuseppe (Joseph) Pugliese, who was a director of the company when it was dissolved, asked the Ontario legislature to pass a special law to revive it so he could carry on business using the company's name. The law restores the company to the same legal position it had before it was dissolved, including all its property, rights, and franchises. However, the law also means the company is responsible for all its debts, contracts, and other liabilities that existed when it was dissolved. The law came into force immediately when it received Royal Assent on May 18, 2023. This type of legislation is private or special legislation because it applies only to this specific company, not to the public generally.
- Revives J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc., a corporation that was voluntarily dissolved under the Business Corporations Act on November 8, 2021
- Restores the corporation to its legal position as of the date of dissolution, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises
- Makes the revived corporation subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they existed at dissolution
- Protects any rights acquired by other persons after the corporation's dissolution
- Comes into force on the date it receives Royal Assent (May 18, 2023)
- Giuseppe (Joseph) Pugliese, the applicant and former director of J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc.
- J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc. (the revived corporation)
- Any creditors or parties with contracts or liabilities involving the corporation as of November 8, 2021
- Any persons who acquired rights to the corporation's property or assets after its dissolution (their rights are protected)
- J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc. is restored with all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises as of November 8, 2021
- J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc. becomes responsible for all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they existed on November 8, 2021
- Any rights acquired by third parties after the corporation's dissolution are protected and not affected by the revival
- November 8, 2021: Date when J2M Collingwood Holdings Inc. was voluntarily dissolved under the Business Corporations Act
- May 18, 2023: Date the bill received Royal Assent and came into force
- The bill text does not specify what debts, contracts, or liabilities existed at the time of dissolution, only that the revived corporation is subject to them
- The bill does not explain what rights or claims third parties may have acquired after dissolution or how those will be handled in practice
- The bill does not specify what conditions, if any, must be met for the corporation to operate after revival
- The bill does not detail whether the corporation must address any outstanding tax obligations or regulatory compliance issues from the period after dissolution
The corporation was originally dissolved under the Business Corporations Act. This special law uses that Act's framework to revive the corporation that was previously dissolved under it.
Source: Preamble
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