EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purpose of the Bill is set out in the Preamble.

Bill PR54 2024

An Act to revive The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto)

Preamble

Dennis Williams has applied for special legislation to revive The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto). The applicant represents that he was the director of the corporation when it was dissolved. The corporation was dissolved under the Corporations Act on January 27, 1987 for failure to comply with the Corporations Information Act. The applicant represents that the default was inadvertent and that business has been carried on in the name of the corporation despite the dissolution.

It is appropriate to grant the application.

Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Corporation revived

1 The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto) is revived and is, subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution, restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges and franchises and subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities and debts, as of the date of its dissolution, in the same manner and to the same extent as if it had not been dissolved.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3 The short title of this Act is The Abiezer Pentecostal Church (Toronto) Act, 2024.