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Bill PR46 explained in plain English

SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM 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 PR46
Full title
SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC. Act, 2024
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 19, 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
Dec 19, 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

The SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC. Act, 2024, revives the corporation SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC. to allow for the resolution of outstanding accounting matters.

What It Means

This Act revives SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC. The company was voluntarily dissolved on June 17, 2024, under the Business Corporations Act. The applicant, Joel McLean, who was the sole director at the time of dissolution, wishes to revive the corporation to address outstanding accounting matters. The Act restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC.
  • Restores the corporation to its legal position as it was before its dissolution, including all property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • Ensures 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
  • SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC.
  • Joel McLean (applicant and former sole director)
  • The public, in relation to rights acquired after the corporation's dissolution.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The revival of SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC. is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on December 19, 2024, the date it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The specific 'outstanding accounting matters' are not detailed in the Act.
  • The extent of 'rights acquired by any person after its dissolution' that may impact the revival is not specified.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
revival of corporation previously dissolved under

Allows for the revival of SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC., which was voluntarily dissolved under this Act.

Source: Preamble

SOFTWAREREVIEWS.COM INC. Act, 2024
commencement

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

Source: Section 2

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 4, 2024
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 11, 2024
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 11, 2024
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 19, 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
Terence Kernaghan
New Democratic Party of Ontario | London North 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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