Bill PR54 explained in plain English
The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto) Act, 2024
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill PR54 revives The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto), restoring its legal status as of its dissolution date.
This Act revives The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto). The church was dissolved on January 27, 1987, under the Corporations Act for failing to comply with the Corporations Information Act. The Act restores the church to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The Act came into force on December 19, 2024.
- Revives The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto).
- Restores the church to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts, as of the date of dissolution.
- Ensures this revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the church's dissolution.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto)
- Dennis Williams (applicant and former director)
- Persons who acquired rights after the church's dissolution
- The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto) is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
- The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto) remains 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 church's dissolution.
- Dissolution Date: January 27, 1987
- Royal Assent Date (Commencement Date): December 19, 2024
- The revival restores the church to its legal position regarding its property, rights, and franchises, and also subjects it to its previous liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
- The revival of the church is subject to any rights that may have been acquired by any person after the church's dissolution on January 27, 1987. The Act does not specify how these rights will be handled or adjudicated.
The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto) was dissolved under this Act, but this new Act revives it, effectively reversing its dissolution under the Corporations Act.
Source: Preamble
The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto) was dissolved for failure to comply with this Act.
Source: Preamble
This Act formally revives the church and sets its commencement date.
Source: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3
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