Bill PR3 explained in plain English
Bensfort Wood Inc. Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Bensfort Wood Inc. Act, 2014, revives the dissolved corporation Bensfort Wood Inc. to allow it to deal with real property, subject to rights acquired by others after its dissolution.
This bill revives a company called Bensfort Wood Inc. The company was dissolved in 1991 because it did not comply with the Corporations Tax Act. The bill states that reviving the company will restore it to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved. This will allow the applicant, who was the president of the company when it dissolved, to deal with real property that was held in the company's name. The bill also states that reviving the company is subject to any rights that others may have acquired since the company's dissolution. The bill came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- This Act provides for the revival of Bensfort Wood Inc.
- It restores Bensfort Wood Inc. to its legal position as it was at the time of its dissolution, including its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
- It also restores Bensfort Wood Inc. to its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as they were at the time of its dissolution.
- The revival is subject to any rights that may have been acquired by any person after the company's dissolution.
- The Act specifies that it comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Bensfort Wood Inc.
- John Campbell (applicant and former president of Bensfort Wood Inc.)
- The public, in relation to any rights acquired concerning Bensfort Wood Inc. after its dissolution.
- Bensfort Wood Inc. is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
- Bensfort Wood 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.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent (December 11, 2014).
- Bensfort Wood Inc. was dissolved on February 11, 1991, for failing to comply with the Corporations Tax Act.
- The bill does not specify which rights acquired by any person after the dissolution will be upheld.
- The bill does not detail the specific real property the applicant wishes to deal with.
Restores the dissolved corporation to its previous legal status and ownership of property, subject to rights acquired by others after its dissolution.
Source: Section 1
This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Source: Section 2
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