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Bill PR19 explained in plain English

The Noble House Corporation Act, 2023

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR19
Full title
The Noble House Corporation Act, 2023
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 6, 2023

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.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 6, 2023
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 PR19 revives The Noble House Corporation, restoring it to its legal position as it existed on the date of its voluntary dissolution in April 2014.

What It Means

Bill PR19 is special legislation that revives a dissolved corporation called The Noble House Corporation. The corporation was voluntarily dissolved on April 22, 2014. James Noble, who was the corporation's president, secretary, and sole director when it dissolved, requested this legislation to revive the corporation so he could deal with certain property that was held in the corporation's name at the time it was dissolved. When the corporation is revived, it will be restored to the same legal position it had on the date of dissolution. This means it gets back all of its property, rights, privileges, and franchises. However, it also takes back all of its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they existed at the time of dissolution. The revival is subject to any rights that other people may have acquired after the corporation was dissolved. The Act came into force on December 6, 2023, the date it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives The Noble House Corporation as a legal entity
  • Restores the corporation to its legal position as it existed on April 22, 2014, the date of its dissolution
  • Returns all property, rights, privileges, and franchises the corporation held at the time of dissolution
  • Restores all liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts the corporation had at the time of dissolution
  • Makes the revival subject to any rights acquired by other persons after the dissolution
  • Comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (December 6, 2023)
Who Is Affected
  • James Noble, the former president, secretary, and sole director of The Noble House Corporation
  • The Noble House Corporation itself
  • Any persons or entities who acquired rights to the corporation's property after its dissolution in April 2014
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The revived corporation is restored to its legal position as of April 22, 2014
  • The corporation regains all property it held at dissolution
  • The corporation regains all rights, privileges, and franchises it held at dissolution
  • The corporation becomes responsible for all liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts it had at dissolution
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by other persons after the dissolution
Important Dates
  • April 22, 2014: Date the corporation was voluntarily dissolved
  • December 6, 2023: Royal Assent received and the Act came into force
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill text does not specify what property the corporation held or what specific matters James Noble wants to address with the revived corporation
  • The bill does not identify which rights may have been acquired by other persons after dissolution that would limit the revival
  • The bill does not indicate how any disputes over property or rights acquired after dissolution would be resolved
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act (Ontario)
relates to

The dissolved corporation had been dissolved under the Business Corporations Act. This special legislation revives it as an exception to the normal dissolution provisions.

Source: Preamble

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 16, 2023
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 6, 2023
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 6, 2023
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 6, 2023

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
Laura Smith
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Thornhill
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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