MS. DIANE THORNE

BILL Pr 401 — 2011

GOSPEL RIDERS MOTORCYCLE MINISTRIES
(CORPORATE RESTORATION) ACT, 2011

Contents
1  Definitions
2  Society restored
3  Society continued
4  Rights
5  Commencement

WHEREAS Dan Harder of the City of Coquitlam, in the Province of British Columbia, has by his petition represented

(a) that the Gospel Riders Motorcycle Ministries (the "Society") was incorporated in British Columbia on April 19, 1989, under Certificate of Incorporation No. S-24839 issued under the Society Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 390, in effect on that date,

(b) that a notice was published in the British Columbia Gazette on May 29, 1997, stating that the Society would be struck off the register and dissolved unless, within one month after the publication of the notice, cause was shown to the contrary,

(c) that the Society was struck off the register on July 11, 1997,

(d) that a notice was published in the British Columbia Gazette on July 24, 1997, stating that the Society was struck off the register and dissolved on July 11, 1997,

(e) that, despite the notice referred to in paragraph (d), the Society, having no knowledge of the publication of that notice, continued to carry on the affairs of the Society as if it had not been dissolved,

(f) that it will not be possible to continue carrying on the affairs of the Society unless the Society is restored, and

(g) that, despite the repeal of the Company Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 62, Part 9 of that Act continues to apply to the Society under section 71 of the Society Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 433, and since there is no provision in that Part for the restoration of a society more than 10 years after it has been dissolved, the Society cannot be restored except by a special Act of the Legislature of British Columbia;

AND WHEREAS Dan Harder has by his petition requested that it be enacted as follows, and it is expedient to grant the request in the petition;

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1  In this Act:

"Registrar" means the Registrar of Companies;

"Society" means the Gospel Riders Motorcycle Ministries (Incorporation No. S-24839).

Society restored

2  The Society is restored to the register under the corporate name of Gospel Riders Motorcycle Ministries, commencing on the date that a copy of this Act, certified by the Law Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, is filed with the Registrar.

Society continued

3  On its restoration, the Society is deemed to have continued in existence as if it had never been struck off the register.

Rights

4  Nothing in sections 2 and 3 prejudices the rights of any person that were acquired before the date on which the Society is restored to the register.

Commencement

5  This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.