Bill C-394

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	2nd Session, 35th Parliament, 45-46 Elizabeth II, 1996-97
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-394
	An Act to amend the Immigration Act (dependent sons and daughters)
R.S., c. I-2; R.S., c. 31 (1st Supp.), cc. 10, 46 (2nd Supp.), c. 30 (3rd Supp.), cc. 1, 28, 29, 30 (4th Supp.); 1990, cc. 8, 16, 17, 38, 44; 1992, cc. 1, 47, 49, 51; 1993, c. 28; 1994, cc. 26, 31; 1995, cc. 5, 15; 1996, cc. 8, 11, 16, 19	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. Subsection 2(1) of the Immigration Act* is amended by replacing the definition of ``family'' by the following:**
``family'' « famille »	``family'' means the father and mother and any child
	(a) who is under the age of twenty-one and wholly or substantially supported by the father or mother or both parents,
	(b) who is of any age and
	(i) attends a university, college or other educational institution, or
	(ii) is qualified for entry and has applied for admission to a university, college or other educational institution but not yet been offered such admission,
	and is wholly or substantially supported by the father or mother or both parents, or
	(c) who, by reason of age or disability, is not independent and, in the opinion of an immigration officer, mainly dependent on the father or mother or both parents for support,
	and, for the purpose of any provision of this Act and the regulations, includes such other classes or persons as are prescribed for the purpose of that provision;

BILL C-394