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Bill PR33 explained in plain English

Stephanie Holdings Ltd. Act, 2016

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR33
Full title
Stephanie Holdings Ltd. Act, 2016
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Jun 9, 2016

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.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Jun 9, 2016
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

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Short Version

Bill PR33, the Stephanie Holdings Ltd. Act, 2016, revives a dissolved corporation to its prior legal status to manage its property.

What It Means

This Act revives Stephanie Holdings Ltd., a corporation that was dissolved on June 11, 1994, for failing to comply with the Corporations Information Act. The revival restores the corporation to its legal standing as if it had not been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The revival is intended to allow the sole director at the time of dissolution to deal with property that was held in the corporation's name.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives Stephanie Holdings Ltd.
  • Restores Stephanie Holdings Ltd. to its legal position as of its dissolution date, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • Ensures the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
Who Is Affected
  • Stephanie Holdings Ltd.
  • Sami Benaich (applicant and former sole director)
  • Any persons who acquired rights related to Stephanie Holdings Ltd. after its dissolution.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Stephanie Holdings Ltd. is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Stephanie Holdings Ltd. is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • The revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the dissolution of Stephanie Holdings Ltd.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on June 9, 2016, the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The exact nature and extent of 'rights acquired by any person after its dissolution' are not specified in the bill, creating a potential area of uncertainty regarding the scope of the revival.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Stephanie Holdings Ltd.
revival

The company is brought back to its legal existence as it was before it was dissolved.

Business Corporations Act
indirect effect

This Act provides a specific exception to the consequences of dissolution under the Business Corporations Act for Stephanie Holdings Ltd.

Corporations Information Act
indirect effect

The failure to comply with this Act was the reason for the original dissolution of Stephanie Holdings Ltd.

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
Feb 16, 2016
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 8, 2016
Step 3
Committee review
Feb 24, 2016
Step 4
Third reading
Jun 8, 2016
Step 5
Royal assent
Jun 9, 2016

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
Peter Tabuns
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Toronto—Danforth
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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