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Bill C-397

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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Citizenship Act by repealing the provisions
(a) concerning certain conditions for the acquisition of citizenship by persons who are the second or subsequent generation born abroad to Canadian citizens after February 14, 1977;
(b) limiting citizenship by descent to one generation born abroad;
(c) concerning the relief available to stateless descendants of Canadian citizens.

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