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Bill PR34 explained in plain English

Bongo Studios Inc. Act, 2024

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 PR34
Full title
Bongo Studios Inc. Act, 2024
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Apr 25, 2024

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
Apr 25, 2024
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

This Act revives the corporation Bongo Studios Inc. to allow a former shareholder to deal with assets held in the corporation's name at the time of its dissolution.

What It Means

This Act revives Bongo Studios Inc. The company was dissolved on November 1, 2006. The revival is to allow a former shareholder to deal with property that was in the company's name when it was dissolved. The company is restored to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, but this is subject to any rights that have been acquired by others since its dissolution.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives Bongo Studios Inc.
  • Restores Bongo Studios Inc. to its legal position as it was before it was dissolved.
  • States that the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
  • Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Bongo Studios Inc.
  • Sandy Irving-Harry (applicant and former shareholder)
  • Persons who acquired rights after Bongo Studios Inc. was dissolved.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Bongo Studios Inc. is restored to all its property, rights, privileges and franchises.
  • Bongo Studios Inc. is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities and debts.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (April 25, 2024).
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The extent to which rights acquired by others after dissolution will affect the revived corporation is not detailed.
  • The specific properties, liabilities, contracts, or debts that Bongo Studios Inc. will be subject to are not detailed.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Bongo Studios Inc.
revival

Bongo Studios Inc. is revived and restored to its legal status as if it had never been dissolved, subject to rights acquired by others after its dissolution.

Commencement provision
commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

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
Nov 1, 2023
Step 2
Second reading
Apr 25, 2024
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Apr 25, 2024
Step 5
Royal assent
Apr 25, 2024

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
Kristyn Wong-Tam
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Toronto Centre
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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