Bill C-397

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	2nd Session, 35th Parliament, 45-46 Elizabeth II, 1996-97
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-397
	An Act to amend the Immigration Act (reimbursement)
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. The portion after paragraph (b) of the definition ``Convention refugee'' in section 2 of the Immigration Act* is replaced by the following:**
	but does not include any person to whom the Convention does not apply pursuant to section E or F of Article 1 thereof, which sections are set out in Schedule I to this Act;
	2. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 119:
	Reimbursement
Reimburse- ment by the Minister	119.1 (1) On application to the Minister in writing, the Minister shall reimburse the fee paid for the right-of-landing where
	(a) the applicant or another on behalf of the applicant has paid the fee for the right-of- landing;
	(b) the applicant has received a certificate of citizenship within the meaning of the Citizenship Act; and
	(c) the applicant has satisfied the Minister that, from the day the applicant was granted landing until the day the applicant received the certificate of citizenship, the applicant resided elsewhere than in a census metro politan area.
Definition of ``census metropolitan area''	(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), ``census metropolitan area'' means any area designated as such by Statistics Canada and appearing in Schedule II.
Amending Schedule II	(3) The Governor in Council may, by order, add a census metropolitan area to the list in Schedule II or remove a census metropolitan area from the list.
	3. The schedule to the Act is renumbered as Schedule I and the Act is amended by adding the following:
	Schedule II (Subsection 119.1(2))
	1. Toronto 2. Montreal 3. Vancouver 4. Ottawa-Hull 5. Edmonton 6. Calgary 7. Quebec 8. Winnipeg 9. Hamilton 10. London