Electronic Commerce Amendment Act, 2013 Smith, Todd — Bill 28 (40th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 28, 40-2

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Bill 28, Electronic Commerce Amendment Act, 2013

Smith, Todd

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Bill 28 2013

Act to amend the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000

Note:

This Act amends the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 ,

which has not previously been amended.

Her

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

1. (1) Subsection

11 (3) of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 is

amended by adding "or described in subsection (3.1)" after "a class prescribed

for those purposes".

(2) Section 11 of the Act is amended by adding the

following subsection:

Documents

affecting land

(3.1) Documents, including agreements of purchase and

sale, that create or transfer interests in land and require registration to be

effective against third parties constitute a class of documents to which subsection

(3) applies.

(1) Paragraph

4 of subsection 31 (1) of the Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection 31 (2) of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

3. This

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

Short

title

4. The

short title of this Act is the Electronic Commerce

Amendment Act, 2013 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 to

remove the current exemption from the Act for documents, including agreements

of purchase and sale, that create or transfer interests in land and require

registration to be effective against third parties. However, those documents

are subject to the requirements of subsection 11 (3) of the Act relating to the

reliability of electronic signatures.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

March 21, 2013

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

March 21, 2013

Second Reading

Carried

March 21, 2013

Second Reading

Debate

March 6, 2013

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

March 6, 2013

Committee

Second Reading

March 21, 2013

Mr. Todd Smith, Ms. Cheri DiNovo, Hon. Reza Moridi, Mr. Victor Fedeli, Mr. Jagmeet Singh, Hon. Glen R. Murray, Ms. Sylvia Jones, Mr. Jim McDonell

March 21, 2013

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 28

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Electronic Commerce Act, 2000

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 28, 40-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p40 s2 bill 28 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	8a54004d6df71b47975dd7e54a70875e148aaf23

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