WHEREAS Eric Allan Goodwin of the City of Richmond, in the Province of British Columbia, has by his petition represented

(a) that the World Wide Marriage Encounter Society (the "Society") was incorporated in British Columbia on February 21, 1978 under Certificate of Incorporation No. S-13743 issued under the Societies Act, R.S.B.C. 1960, c. 362, in effect on that date,

(b) that a notice of intent to dissolve was published on April 24, 1986 in the British Columbia Gazette stating that the Society would be struck from the register and dissolved unless, within one month after publication of the notice, cause was shown to the contrary,

(c) that the Society was struck off the register on May 30, 1986,

(d) that a notice was published in the British Columbia Gazette on June 12, 1986 stating that the Society was struck from the register and dissolved on May 30, 1986,

(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 since there is no provision in the Society Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 433, 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 Eric Allan Goodwin has by his petition requested that it be enacted as follows, and it is expedient to grant the request in the petition;

NOW THEREFORE 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 World Wide Marriage Encounter Society.

Society restored

2  The Society is restored to the register, under the corporate name of the World Wide Marriage Encounter Society, 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 dissolved.

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.