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citizens or
permanent
residents
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(2) A majority of the members of the
executive committee must be Canadian
citizens or permanent residents within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration
and Refugee Protection Act.
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(2) Subsection 17(6) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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(6) Three members of the executive
committee, a majority of whom are Canadian
citizens or permanent residents within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration
and Refugee Protection Act, constitute a
quorum at any meeting of the committee.
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258. Subsection 20(2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(2) Seven directors, at least five of whom
are Canadian citizens or permanent residents
within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act,
constitute a quorum at any meeting of the
Board.
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| R.S., c. 28 (1st
Supp.)
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Investment Canada Act
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259. Paragraph (b) of the definition
``Canadian'' in section 3 of the Investment
Canada Act is replaced by the following:
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(b) a permanent resident within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
who has been ordinarily resident in
Canada for not more than one year after
the time at which he or she first became
eligible to apply for Canadian
citizenship,
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| R.S., c. L-1
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Labour Adjustment Benefits Act
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260. Paragraph 14(1)(a) of the Labour
Adjustment Benefits Act is replaced by the
following:
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(a) the employee is a Canadian citizen
resident in Canada or a permanent resident
within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act;
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| R.S., c. 30
(4th Supp.)
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Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal
Matters Act
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| 1999, c. 18,
s. 123
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261. (1) Subsection 40(1) of the Mutual
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Special
authorization
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40. (1) The Minister may, in order to give
effect to a request of a Canadian competent
authority, authorize a person in a state or entity
who is inadmissible under the Immigration
and Refugee Protection Act to come into
Canada at a place designated by the Minister
and to go to and remain in a place in Canada
so designated for the period of time specified
by the Minister, and the Minister may make
the authorization subject to any conditions
that the Minister considers desirable.
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(2) Subsection 40(3) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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ce with
conditions of
authorization
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(3) A person to whom an authorization is
granted under subsection (1) who is found in
a place in Canada other than the place
designated in the authorization or in any place
in Canada after the expiration of the period of
time specified in the authorization or who fails
to comply with some other condition of the
authorization shall, for the purposes of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, be
deemed to be a person who entered Canada as
a temporary resident and remains after the
period authorized for their stay.
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| R.S., c. N-7
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National Energy Board Act
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| 1990, c. 7,
s. 3(2)
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262. Subsection 3(4) of the National
Energy Board Act is replaced by the
following:
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| Eligibility
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(4) A person is not eligible to be appointed
or to continue as a member of the Board if that
person is not a Canadian citizen or permanent
resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1)
of the Immigration and Refugee Protection
Act or is, as owner, shareholder, director,
officer, partner or otherwise, engaged in the
business of producing, selling, buying,
transmitting, exporting, importing or
otherwise dealing in hydrocarbons or
electricity or holds any bond, debenture or
other security of a corporation engaged in any
such business.
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| R.S., c. O-9
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Old Age Security Act
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| 1996, c. 18,
s. 50
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263. Paragraph (b) of the definition
``specially qualified individual'' in section 2
of the Old Age Security Act is replaced by the
following:
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(b) for the month of January 2001 or an
earlier month, where, before March 7,
1996, the person was residing in Canada
as a Canadian citizen or a permanent
resident within the meaning of
subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and
Refugee Protection Act;
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| 1996, c. 18,
s. 51(1)
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264. Subparagraph 11(7)(e)(ii) of the Act
is replaced by the following:
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(ii) a permanent resident within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
in respect of whom an undertaking by a
sponsor is in effect as provided in that Act
and regulations under that Act.
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| 1996, c. 18,
s. 53(1)
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265. Subparagraph 19(6)(d)(ii) of the Act
is replaced by the following:
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(ii) a permanent resident within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
in respect of whom an undertaking by a
sponsor is in effect as provided in that Act
and regulations under that Act.
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| 1998, c. 21,
s. 115(2)
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266. Subparagraph 21(9)(c)(ii) of the Act
is replaced by the following:
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(ii) a permanent resident within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
in respect of whom an undertaking by a
sponsor is in effect as provided in that Act
and regulations under that Act.
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| 1997, c. 40,
s. 102; 2000,
c. 12,
par. 207(1)(l)
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267. Paragraph 33.11(b) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(b) the Minister of Citizenship and
Immigration and officers and employees of
the Department of Citizenship and
Immigration may make available to the
Minister or a public officer of the
Department of Human Resources
Development any information that was
obtained in the administration of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
that relates to an applicant, a beneficiary or
a spouse or common-law partner of an
applicant or beneficiary, if the information
is necessary for the administration of this
Act; and
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| R.S., c. P-14
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Pilotage Act
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268. Paragraph 22(2)(b) of the Pilotage
Act is replaced by the following:
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(b) a permanent resident within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
who has not been ordinarily resident in
Canada for six years or who has been
ordinarily resident in Canada for six years
or more and is shown, to the satisfaction of
the Authority, not to have become a
Canadian citizen as a result of
circumstances beyond the control of the
applicant.
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| R.S., c. P-21
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Privacy Act
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269. The portion of subsection 12(1) of
the Privacy Act before paragraph (a) is
replaced by the following:
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| Right of
access
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12. (1) Subject to this Act, every individual
who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent
resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1)
of the Immigration and Refugee Protection
Act has a right to and shall, on request, be
given access to
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| 2000, c. 17
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Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Act
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270. Paragraph 55(3)(d) of the Proceeds
of Crime (Money Laundering) Act is
replaced by the following:
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(d) the Department of Citizenship and
Immigration, if the Centre also determines
that the information would promote the
objective set out in paragraph 3(1)(i) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
and is relevant to determining whether a
person is a person described in sections 34
to 42 of that Act or to an offence under any
of sections 117 to 119, 126 or 127 of that
Act;
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| R.S., c. T-13
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Trade-marks Act
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| 1994, c. 47,
s. 192
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271. Paragraph 11.17(2)(b) of the
Trade-marks Act is replaced by the
following:
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(b) a permanent resident within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
who has been ordinarily resident in Canada
for not more than one year after the time at
which the permanent resident first became
eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship;
and
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| 1991, c. 45
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Trust and Loan Companies Act
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272. Paragraph (c) of the definition
``resident Canadian'' in section 2 of the
Trust and Loan Companies Act is replaced
by the following:
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(c) a permanent resident within the
meaning of subsection 2(1) of the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
and ordinarily resident in Canada, except
a permanent resident who has been
ordinarily resident in Canada for more
than one year after the time at which the
individual first became eligible to apply
for Canadian citizenship;
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Terminology
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| Terminology
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273. Unless the context requires
otherwise, ``Immigration Act'' is replaced
by ``Immigration and Refugee Protection
Act'' in
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(a) any regulation, as defined in section 2
of the Statutory Instruments Act; and
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(b) any other instrument made
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(i) in the execution of a power
conferred by or under an Act of
Parliament, or
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(ii) by or under the authority of the
Governor in Council.
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| Bill S-2
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273.1 (1) Subsections (2) and (3) apply if
Bill S-2, introduced in the first session of the
37th Parliament and entitled the Marine
Liability Act (referred to in this section as
the ``other Act''), receives royal assent.
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(2) On the coming into force of section 1
of this Act, subparagraph 88(4)(b)(i) of the
other Act is replaced by the following:
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(i) are Canadian citizens or permanent
residents of Canada within the meaning
of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and
Refugeee Protection Act, in the case of an
individual, or
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(3) If section 127 of the other Act comes
into force before section 218 of this Act
comes into force, then section 218 of this Act
is repealed.
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| Repeals
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274. The following Acts are repealed:
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(a) the Immigration Act, chapter I-2 of the
Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985;
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(b) An Act to amend the Immigration Act
and other Acts in consequence thereof,
chapter 49 of the Statutes of Canada,
1992;
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(c) An Act to amend the Immigration Act
and the Citizenship Act and to make a
consequential amendment to the Customs
Act, chapter 15 of the Statutes of Canada,
1995; and
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(d) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act
and the Immigration Act, chapter 22 of
the Statutes of Canada, 1997.
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| Coming into
force
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275. The provisions of this Act come into
force on a day or days to be fixed by order
of the Governor in Council.
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