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Bill PR69 explained in plain English

Silver Merle Corporation Act, 2017

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, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill PR69
Full title
Silver Merle Corporation Act, 2017
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 14, 2017

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd 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 14, 2017
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

Bill PR69 revives the Silver Merle Corporation, restoring it to its previous legal status as if it had not been dissolved.

What It Means

This private bill, the Silver Merle Corporation Act, 2017, revives the Silver Merle Corporation. The corporation was voluntarily dissolved on July 26, 2013, under the Business Corporations Act. The bill states that the corporation is restored to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the Silver Merle Corporation.
  • Restores the Silver Merle Corporation to its legal position as it was before its dissolution, including its property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • Specifies that the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after the corporation's dissolution.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Silver Merle Corporation
  • Tracy J. Drynan (applicant and former sole director and shareholder)
  • Persons who acquired rights after the dissolution of Silver Merle Corporation
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Silver Merle Corporation is restored to all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Silver Merle Corporation 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.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent (December 14, 2017).
  • Silver Merle Corporation was voluntarily dissolved on July 26, 2013.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The revival of the corporation is subject to 'any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution', but the text does not specify what types of rights or how these would be determined.
  • The bill does not specify how liabilities, contracts, disabilities, or debts of the dissolved corporation will be managed or enforced after its revival.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
revival

Allows for the revival of Silver Merle Corporation, which was previously dissolved under this Act.

Source: Preamble

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
Sep 12, 2017
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 14, 2017
Step 3
Committee review
Sep 27, 2017
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 14, 2017
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 14, 2017

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
Cindy Forster
Sponsor party or district not listed
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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