Bill C-18
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS |
AN ACT RESPECTING CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP |
SHORT TITLE |
| 1. Short title
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INTERPRETATION |
| 2. Definitions
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PURPOSE |
| 3. Purpose
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PART 1 |
THE RIGHT TO CITIZENSHIP |
Citizens of Canada |
| 4. Persons who are citizens
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Citizenship at Birth |
| 5. Acquisition at birth
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Citizenship After Grant |
| 6. General principle
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| 7. Adults
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| 8. Minors
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| 9. Adoptees
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| 10. Direction by Governor in Council
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| 11. Statelessness - bloodline connection
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Rights and Obligations of Citizens |
| 12. Rights and obligations
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PART 2 |
LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP |
| 13. General principle
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| 14. Automatic loss
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| 15. Renunciation of citizenship
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| 16. Action leading to revocation
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| 17. Definitions
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| 18. Annulment order
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PART 3 |
RESTORATION OF CITIZENSHIP |
| 19. Grant to former citizen
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| 20. Citizenship for certain women
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PART 4 |
PROHIBITIONS |
Principles of a Free and Democratic Society |
| 21. Report of Minister
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| 22. Order of the Governor in Council
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National Security |
| 23. Definitions of ``Review Committee'' and ``threats''
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| 24. Appointment of retired judge
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| 25. Reference
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| 26. Annual report
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| 27. Declaration
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Other Prohibitions |
| 28. Ineligibility
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PART 5 |
ADMINISTRATION AND APPLICATION |
Examination of Applications |
| 29. Ministerial examination for conformity
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| 30. Power to set aside certain decisions
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Citizenship Commissioners |
| 31. Appointment, tenure and removal
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| 32. Senior Citizenship Commissioner
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Ceremony and Oath of Citizenship |
| 33. Ceremony
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| 34. Oath - schedule
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Certificates |
| 35. Certificate of citizenship
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| 36. Surrender of certificate
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| 37. Cancellation of certificate
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| 38. Evidence of declarations
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Offences |
| 39. Definition of ``certificate''
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| 40. Offences respecting citizenship officials
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| 41. Offence committed outside Canada
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| 42. Limitation period
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Regulations |
| 43. Regulations
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Delegation of Minister's Powers |
| 44. Delegation of authority
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Disclosure |
| 45. New citizen's name
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Documentary Requirements |
| 46. Forms
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PART 6 |
STATUS OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN CANADA |
Status |
| 47. Citizen of the Commonwealth
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| 48. British subject
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Property and Legal Rights |
| 49. Rights
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| 50. Authority to prohibit or restrict acquisition of property in a
province by non-citizens
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| 51. Offences and punishment
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| 52. Application of sections 50 and 51
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| 53. Limitations of sections 49 and 50
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| 54. Trials of non-citizens
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PART 7 |
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, COORDINATING AMENDMENTS, REPEAL AND COMING INTO FORCE |
Transitional Provisions |
| 55. Pending applications
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| 56. Reports under section 10 of former Act
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| 57. Citizenship judge deemed Citizenship Commissioner
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| 58. Grant of citizenship in certain cases
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| 59. 365-day residence qualification permitted in certain cases
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Consequential Amendments |
| 60. Canada Elections Act
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| 61-63. Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act
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| 64. Criminal Code
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| 65. Federal Court Act
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| 66-67. Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
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| 68-70. Public Service Superannuation Act
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| References
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| 71. Replacement of ``Citizenship Act'' with ``Citizenship of
Canada Act''
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Coordinating Amendments |
| 72. 2001, c. 26
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| 73. 2002, c. 8
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Repeal |
| 74. Repeal of R.S., c. C-29
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Coming into Force |
| 75. Coming into force
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| SCHEDULE
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