Bill S-245
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians)
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AS PASSED
BY THE SENATE
May 17, 2022
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to permit certain persons who lost their Canadian citizenship to regain it.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en |
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022 |
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SENATE OF CANADA |
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BILL S-245 |
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An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (granting citizenship to certain Canadians) |
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. C-29
Citizenship Act
1 (1) Subparagraph 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Citizenship Act is replaced by the following:
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(iii) the person made an application to retain his or her citizenship under section 8 as it read before April 17, 2009, that subsequently was not approved;
(2) Subsection 3(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (g):
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(g.1) the person was born outside Canada after February 14, 1977, and would be a citizen if he or she had made an application to retain his or her citizenship under section 8 as it read before April 17, 2009;
(3) Subsections 3(4) and (4.1) of the Act are replaced by the following:
Exception
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person who was a citizen on June 11, 2015.
2 Subparagraph 27(1)(j.1)(i) of the Act is replaced by the following:
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(i) who are citizens under paragraph 3(1)(f), (g) or (g.1),
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Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
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