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Bill PR4 explained in plain English

Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. Act, 2022

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 PR4
Full title
Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. Act, 2022
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 8, 2022

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 8, 2022
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 PR4, the Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. Act, 2022, revives the dissolved corporation Quadcard Entertainment Ltd., restoring its legal status and property rights as of its dissolution date, allowing it to collect outstanding debts.

What It Means

This private bill revives Quadcard Entertainment Ltd., a corporation that was dissolved in 2013. The bill restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, subject to any rights that have been acquired by others since its dissolution. The revival is intended to allow the collection of money owed to the corporation. The bill came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives Quadcard Entertainment Ltd.
  • Restores Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved.
  • Makes the revival effective from the date of the corporation's dissolution.
  • Subject the revival to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
  • Restores all property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts of the corporation.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Quadcard Entertainment Ltd.
  • David Granic (applicant and former director)
  • Any persons who acquired rights after the dissolution of Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. in 2013.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of the date of its dissolution.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • December 19, 2013: Date Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. was voluntarily dissolved.
  • December 8, 2022: Date the Act received Royal Assent and came into force.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • The bill states Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges and franchises and subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities and debts, as of the date of its dissolution.
  • The revival is intended to allow the collection of certain monies owing to Quadcard Entertainment Ltd.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The revival of Quadcard Entertainment Ltd. is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution in 2013. The extent of these acquired rights and their impact on the revived corporation is not specified in the bill.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Quadcard Entertainment Ltd.
revival

The corporation is revived and restored to its legal status as of its dissolution date, with its properties, rights, and liabilities, except where new rights have been acquired by others.

Source: Section 1

Commencement provision of Bill PR4
commencement

The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Oct 25, 2022
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 7, 2022
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 7, 2022
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 8, 2022

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
Jennifer K. French
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Oshawa
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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