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Bill PR35 explained in plain English

2257248 Ontario Inc. Act, 2020

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR35
Full title
2257248 Ontario Inc. Act, 2020
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 9, 2020

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd 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 9, 2020
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

This Act revives the corporation 2257248 Ontario Inc., restoring its legal status and properties as of its dissolution date.

What It Means

This bill revives a specific Ontario corporation, 2257248 Ontario Inc., which was dissolved in 2013. Reviving the corporation restores it to its legal position as if it had never been dissolved, subject to any rights acquired by others after its dissolution. The applicant, Zheng Yu Wang, wishes to revive the corporation to discharge a charge it holds on real property. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives the corporation 2257248 Ontario Inc.
  • Restores the corporation to its legal position as it was before it was dissolved, including its property, rights, privileges, 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
  • 2257248 Ontario Inc.
  • Zheng Yu Wang
  • Any persons who acquired rights after the dissolution of 2257248 Ontario Inc.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The corporation is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • The corporation is 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 corporation's dissolution.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on December 9, 2020, the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The extent to which rights acquired by other persons after the corporation's dissolution might affect the revival is not detailed.
  • The specific nature of the 'charge held by the corporation against real property' that the applicant wishes to discharge is not specified.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
2257248 Ontario Inc.
revival

The corporation 2257248 Ontario Inc. is revived and restored to its legal status as if it had not been dissolved.

Source: Section 1

Commencement of the Act
commencement

This 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
Dec 8, 2020
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 8, 2020
Step 3
Committee review
Dec 2, 2020
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 8, 2020
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 9, 2020

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
Effie J. Triantafilopoulos
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Oakville North—Burlington
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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