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Bill PR36 explained in plain English

Castleform Holdings 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 PR36
Full title
Castleform Holdings Inc. Act, 2020
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 9, 2020
Sponsor

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
Sponsor
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

Bill PR36 revives Castleform Holdings Inc. to its pre-dissolution legal status, subject to intervening rights, and came into force on December 9, 2020.

What It Means

This private bill allows Castleform Holdings Inc. to be brought back into existence (revived) as if it had never been dissolved. This revival is subject to any rights that other people may have acquired after the company was dissolved. The company will be restored to its legal standing, including its property, rights, and responsibilities, as they were at the time of its dissolution. The bill received Royal Assent and came into effect on December 9, 2020.

What This Bill Does
  • Revives Castleform Holdings Inc.
  • Restores the corporation to its legal position as if it had not been dissolved, including all 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
  • Castleform Holdings Inc.
  • Peter Voong (applicant and former sole director)
  • Any person who acquired rights after the dissolution of Castleform Holdings Inc.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Castleform Holdings Inc. is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • Castleform Holdings Inc. 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 any person after its dissolution' may affect the revival of the corporation is not specified in the bill.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Business Corporations Act
revival

Castleform Holdings Inc., which was dissolved under this Act on April 15, 2020, is now revived by this private bill. The bill does not change the Business Corporations Act itself, but provides a specific exception for this corporation.

Source: Preamble

Castleform Holdings Inc. Act, 2020
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
Stan Cho
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Willowdale
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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