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Bill PR38 explained in plain English

The Six Brewing Company 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 PR38
Full title
The Six Brewing Company 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.

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Short Version

Bill PR38 revives The Six Brewing Company Inc., a dissolved Ontario corporation, restoring it to its legal position as it existed before dissolution.

What It Means

Bill PR38 is a special private bill that revives The Six Brewing Company Inc., a corporation that was dissolved on April 18, 2023 under the Ontario Business Corporations Act. Katherine Lee Falco, who was a director and shareholder at the time of dissolution, requested this special legislation so she could continue operating the company's business. When the corporation is revived, it will be restored to the legal position it held before dissolution. This means it will get back all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises, and will also be subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they existed on the date it was dissolved. However, any rights that other people may have acquired after the dissolution will be respected. The Act came into force on April 25, 2024, when it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives The Six Brewing Company Inc., restoring it from its dissolved state
  • Restores all property, rights, privileges, and franchises that the corporation held at the time of dissolution on April 18, 2023
  • Restores all liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts that existed at the time of dissolution
  • Preserves the rights of any person who acquired rights after the corporation's dissolution
  • Comes into force on the date of Royal Assent (April 25, 2024)
Who Is Affected
  • Katherine Lee Falco (formerly Katherine Lee Rittershaus), the director and shareholder who applied for the revival
  • The Six Brewing Company Inc. and its operations
  • Creditors, contractors, and other parties with obligations or rights related to the corporation at the time of its dissolution
  • Any person who acquired rights after the corporation's dissolution (whose rights are protected and not affected by the revival)
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The Six Brewing Company Inc. is restored to all property, rights, privileges, and franchises it held at dissolution
  • The Six Brewing Company Inc. is subject to all liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts it had at dissolution
  • Rights acquired by third parties after the dissolution are protected and not overridden by the revival
Important Dates
  • April 18, 2023: The Six Brewing Company Inc. was dissolved under the Business Corporations Act
  • April 25, 2024: Bill PR38 received Royal Assent and came into force
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify the detailed process by which the revived corporation will handle outstanding liabilities, debts, or contracts—it simply restores them without explaining how they will be managed
  • The bill does not define what constitutes 'rights acquired by any person after its dissolution,' leaving some potential ambiguity about what third-party interests are protected
  • The bill does not address tax obligations or regulatory compliance that may have accrued during the period when the corporation was dissolved
  • The bill does not specify whether the revived corporation will maintain the same corporate governance structure or shareholder composition
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act (Ontario)
exception/override

This private bill allows a corporation previously dissolved under the Business Corporations Act to be revived, which is an exception to the normal dissolution process. The corporation is restored to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved.

Source: Section 1

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Mar 4, 2024
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
Christine Hogarth
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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