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Citizenship Act — C-29 27.21
Regulations — electronic means 27.21 (1) The Minister may make regulations respecting the application of section 28.2 and paragraph 28.3(b), including regulations respecting (a) the technology or format to be used, or the standards, specifications or processes to be followed, including for the making or verifying of an electronic signature and the manner in which it is to be used; and (b) the date and time when, and the place where, an electronic version of an application, request, notice, decision, determination or document or any information or evidence is deemed to be sent or received. Electronic and other means (2) The regulations made under subsection (1) may include provisions requiring a person who makes an application or request or who provides any document, information or evidence under this Act to do so using electronic means, including an electronic system, and provisions respecting such means, including such a system. The regulations may also include provisions prescribing the circumstances in which the application, request, document, information or evidence may be provided by other means and respecting those other means. Electronic payments (3) The regulations may also include provisions (a) requiring that payments that are required to be made or evidence of payment that is required to be provided under this Act must be made or provided by means of an electronic system and respecting such a system; (b) prescribing the circumstances in which such payments may be made or evidence of such payments may be provided by other means and respecting such other means; and (c) respecting the date and time when, and the place where, an electronic payment or evidence of payment is deemed to be sent or received. 2023, c. 26, s. 304
Citizenship Act — C-29 27.3
Service Fees Act 27.3 The Service Fees Act does not apply in respect of a fee for services provided in the administration of this Act. 2013, c. 33, s. 171; 2014, c. 22, s. 44; 2017, c. 20, s. 454
Citizenship Act — C-29 28
Powers of Minister 28 The Minister may prescribe the forms of applications, certificates and other documents required for the purposes of this Act. 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 27
Citizenship Act — C-29 28.1
Sunset — after five years 28.1 (1) Section 14 expires five years after the day on which subsection 22.1(3) comes into force unless, before then, the Minister extends its application for up to five years. Sunset — further periods of up to five years (2) The Minister may, before the expiry of each extended period, extend the application of that section for up to five years. Sunset — subsection 22.1(3) (3) Subsection 22.1(3) expires 30 days after the day on which section 14 expires. 2014, c. 22, s. 27
Citizenship Act — C-29 28.2
Power — Minister 28.2 (1) The Minister may administer and enforce this Act using electronic means. Power — citizenship judges and Registrar (2) A citizenship judge and the Registrar of Canadian Citizenship may, in the exercise of their powers and performance of their duties and functions under this Act, use the electronic means that are made available or specified by the Minister. Delegation (3) A person who has been authorized by the Minister to do anything that may be done by the Minister under this Act, may do so using the electronic means that are made available or specified by the Minister. Decision or determination — automated system (4) For greater certainty, an electronic system, including an automated system, may be used to process an application, proceed with an examination or make a decision or determination under this Act. 2023, c. 26, s. 305
Citizenship Act — C-29 28.3
Conditions for electronic version 28.3 If any provision of this Act or the regulations requires a signature or any information or evidence to be provided, an application, request, decision or determination to be made, a notice to be given or any other document to be issued or otherwise provided, the electronic version of the signature, information or evidence, application, request, decision or determination, notice or other document is satisfied by its electronic version, if (a) the electronic version is provided by the electronic means, including an electronic system, that are made available or specified by the Minister; and (b) any other requirements that may be prescribed are met. 2023, c. 26, s. 305
Citizenship Act — C-29 28.4
For greater certainty 28.4 For greater certainty, if any provision of this Act or the regulations authorizes the Minister to require that any document, information or evidence be provided, the Minister is not precluded by this Part from requiring that the document, information or evidence, as the case may be, be provided in accordance with that provision. 2023, c. 26, s. 305
Citizenship Act — C-29 29
Definition of document of citizenship 29 (1) For the purposes of this section, document of citizenship means a certificate of citizenship, a document provided under paragraph 12(1)(b) or (2)(b), a certificate of naturalization or a certificate of renunciation. Indictable offences and punishment (2) A person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years if that person (a) obtains or uses a document of citizenship of another person to personate that other person; (b) knowingly permits a document of citizenship relating to him or her to be used by another person to personate him or her; or (c) is in possession of a document of citizenship that he or she knows has been unlawfully issued or altered, or counterfeited. Offences and punishment (3) A person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years if that person (a) without lawful authority issues, provides or alters a document of citizenship; (b) counterfeits a document of citizenship; (c) uses, acts on or causes or attempts to cause any person to use or act on a document of citizenship, knowing it to have been unlawfully issued, provided or altered or to have been counterfeited; or (d) traffics in documents of citizenship or has such documents in his or her possession for the purpose of trafficking. Idem (4) A person who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations for the contravention of which no fine or imprisonment is provided in this Act is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. R.S., 1985, c. C-29, s. 29; 2014, c. 22, s. 28
Citizenship Act — C-29 29.1
Contravention of subsection 21.1(1) 29.1 A person who commits an offence under subsection 21.1(1) is liable (a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of not more than $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both; or (b) on summary conviction, to a fine of not more than $40,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both. 2014, c. 22, s. 29 2019, c. 29, s. 295
Citizenship Act — C-29 29.2
Counselling misrepresentation 29.2 (1) Every person commits an offence who knowingly counsels, induces, aids or abets or attempts to counsel, induce, aid or abet any person to directly or indirectly misrepresent or withhold material circumstances relating to a relevant matter, which induces or could induce an error in the administration of this Act. Misrepresentation (2) Every person commits an offence who knowingly (a) for any of the purposes of this Act, directly or indirectly, makes any false representation, commits fraud or conceals any material circumstances; (b) communicates directly or indirectly, by any means, false or misleading information or representations with the intent to induce a person to make, or deter a person from making, an application to become a citizen, to obtain a certificate of citizenship or another document establishing citizenship or to renounce citizenship; or (c) refuses to answer a question put to him or her at an interview or a proceeding held under this Act. Penalties (3) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to a fine of not more than $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years, or to both; or (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both. 2014, c. 22, s. 29
Citizenship Act — C-29 30
Where offence is committed outside Canada 30 (1) An act or omission that would, if committed in Canada, be an offence under this Act is, if committed outside Canada, an offence under this Act. Jurisdiction (2) Where a person has committed outside Canada an act or omission that is an offence under this Act, the offence is within the competence of and may be tried and punished by any court having jurisdiction in respect of similar offences in the place in Canada where that person is found in the same manner as if the offence had been committed in that place, or by any other court to which jurisdiction has been lawfully transferred. 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 29
Citizenship Act — C-29 31
Limitation period 31 Any proceedings in respect of an offence under this Act or the regulations that is punishable on summary conviction may be instituted at any time within but not later than 10 years after the time when the offence was committed. R.S., 1985, c. C-29, s. 31; 2014, c. 22, s. 30
Citizenship Act — C-29 32
Citizen of the Commonwealth 32 (1) Every person who, under an enactment of a Commonwealth country other than Canada, is a citizen or national of that country has in Canada the status of a citizen of the Commonwealth. British subject (2) For the purposes of any law in force in Canada on and after February 15, 1977 that refers to the status of British subject, the status so described shall refer to the status of Canadian citizen or citizen of the Commonwealth or both as the intent of that law may require. 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 31
Citizenship Act — C-29 33
Citizen of Ireland 33 Any law of Canada and any regulation made thereunder shall, unless it otherwise provides, have effect in relation to a citizen of Ireland who is not a citizen of the Commonwealth in like manner as it has in relation to a citizen of the Commonwealth. 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 32
Citizenship Act — C-29 34
Rights 34 Subject to section 35, (a) real and personal property of every description may be taken, acquired, held and disposed of by a person who is not a citizen in the same manner in all respects as by a citizen; and (b) a title to real and personal property of every description may be derived through, from or in succession to a person who is not a citizen in the same manner in all respects as though through, from or in succession to a citizen. 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 33
Citizenship Act — C-29 35
Authority to prohibit or restrict acquisitions of property in a province by non-Canadians 35 (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province or such other person or authority in the province as is designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council thereof is authorized to prohibit, annul or in any manner restrict the taking or acquisition directly or indirectly of, or the succession to, any interest in real property located in the province by persons who are not citizens or by corporations or associations that are effectively controlled by persons who are not citizens. Regulations (2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province may make regulations applicable in the province for the purposes of determining (a) what transactions constitute a direct or an indirect taking or acquisition of any interest in real property located in the province; (b) what constitutes effective control of a corporation or association by persons who are not citizens; and (c) what constitutes an association. Restriction (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not operate so as to authorize or permit the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province, or such other person or authority as is designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council thereof, to make any decision or take any action that (a) prohibits, annuls or restricts the taking or acquisition directly or indirectly of, or the succession to, any interest in real property located in a province by a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ; (b) conflicts with any legal obligation of Canada under any international law, custom or agreement; (c) discriminates as between persons who are not citizens on the basis of their nationalities, except in so far as more favourable treatment is required by any legal obligation of Canada under any international law, custom or agreement; (d) hinders any foreign state in taking or acquiring real property located in a province for diplomatic or consular purposes; or (e) prohibits, annuls or restricts the taking or acquisition directly or indirectly of any interest in real property located in a province by any person in the course or as a result of an investment that the Minister is satisfied or is deemed to be satisfied is likely to be of net benefit to Canada under the Investment Canada Act . R.S., 1985, c. C-29, s. 35; R.S., 1985, c. 28 (1st Supp.), s. 49; 2001, c. 27, s. 232
Citizenship Act — C-29 36
Offences and punishment 36 (1) Every person who fails to comply with any prohibition, annulment or restriction made pursuant to subsection 35(1) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both. Officers, etc., of corporations (2) Where a corporation commits an offence under subsection (1), any officer, director or agent of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the offence is a party to and guilty of the offence and is liable on conviction to the punishment provided for the offence whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted or convicted. 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 33
Citizenship Act — C-29 37
Coming into force 37 Sections 35 and 36 shall come into force in any of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador or in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut on a day fixed in a proclamation of the Governor in Council declaring those sections to be in force in that Province or any of those territories. R.S., 1985, c. C-29, s. 37; 1993, c. 28, s. 78; 2002, c. 7, s. 131; 2015, c. 3, s. 172
Citizenship Act — C-29 38
Disabilities 38 Sections 34 and 35 do not operate so as to (a) qualify any person for any office or for any municipal, parliamentary or other franchise; (b) qualify any person to be the owner of a Canadian ship; (c) qualify any person to take, acquire, hold or dispose of any property that under or pursuant to any Act of Parliament may be taken, acquired, held or disposed of only by citizens; (d) entitle any person to any right or privilege as a Canadian citizen except such rights and privileges in respect of property as are by this Act expressly given to the person; or (e) affect any estate or interest in real or personal property to which a person has or may become entitled, either mediately or immediately, in possession or expectancy, in pursuance of any disposition made before July 4, 1883, or in pursuance of any devolution by law on the death of any person dying before July 4, 1883. 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 33
Citizenship Act — C-29 39
Trial 39 A person who is not a citizen is triable at law in the same manner as if the person were a citizen. 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 34
Citizenship Act — C-29 10
Citizenship Act 10 If, before section 1 of this Act comes into force, a legal proceeding has been commenced with respect to an investigation under subsection 19(4) of the Citizenship Act , a final decision in that proceeding that the Review Committee must cease its investigation is deemed to be a decision of the Review Committee under subsection 19(4.1) of that Act, as enacted by subsection 1(2) of this Act.
Citizenship Act — C-29 31
Existing applications — sections 5, 5.1, 9 and 11 31 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), an application that was made under subsection 5(1), (2), or (5), 5.1(1), (2) or (3), 9(1) or 11(1) of the Citizenship Act before the day on which subsection 2(2) comes into force and was not finally disposed of before that day is to be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with (a) the provisions of that Act — except section 3, subsection 5(4), sections 5.1 and 14 and paragraph 22(1)(f) — as they read immediately before that day; and (b) the following provisions of that Act as they read on that day: (i) section 3, (ii) paragraph 5(2)(b) and subsection 5(4), (iii) section 5.1 other than paragraph (1)(c.1), (iv) sections 13.1 to 14, and (v) paragraphs 22(1)(a.1), (a.2), (b.1), (e.1), (e.2) and (f) and subsections 22(1.1), (3) and (4). Order in council (2) On the day on which section 11 comes into force, the reference to subsection 3 (7) in subsection (1) is replaced by a reference to that section 11 . Order in council (2.1) On the day on which section 8 comes into force, the reference to section 11 in subsection (1) is replaced by a reference to that section 8. Paragraphs 5(1)(c) and 11(1)(d) (3) On the day on which subsection 2 (2) comes into force (a) the reference to section 8 in subsection (1) is replaced by a reference to that subsection 2(2); and (b) the requirement described in paragraph 5(1)(c) or 11(1)(d) of that Act, as enacted by subsections 3 (1) and 9 (2), respectively, that a person have no unfulfilled conditions relating to their status as a permanent resident, applies to an application referred to in subsection (1).
Citizenship Act — C-29 32
Reports under former section 10 32 If, immediately before the day on which section 8 comes into force, the Minister, within the meaning of the Citizenship Act , was entitled to make or had made a report referred to in section 10 of that Act, as that section 10 read immediately before that day, the matter is to be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with that Act, as it read immediately before that day.
Citizenship Act — C-29 33
Judicial review — subsection 10(1) 33 If a matter is the subject of an order that is made under subsection 10(1) of the Citizenship Act before the day on which section 8 comes into force or as a result of the application of section 32 or subsection 40 (1) and that is set aside by the Federal Court and referred back for determination, the matter is to be determined by the Governor in Council in accordance with that subsection 10(1) as it read immediately before that day.
Citizenship Act — C-29 34
Existing applications — subsections 5(1.2) and (1.3) and 11(1.1) and (1.2) 34 (1) Subject to subsection (2), subsections 5(1.2) and (1.3) and 11(1.1) and (1.2) of the Citizenship Act , as enacted by subsections 3 (3) and 9 (3), respectively, continue to apply in respect of applications that were made before the day on which subsections 3 (4) and 9 (4) come into force and were not finally disposed of before that day. Exception (2) The requirement described in subsections 5(1.2) and 11(1.1) of the Citizenship Act , as enacted by subsections 3 (4) and 9 (4), respectively, that a person have no unfulfilled conditions relating to his or her status as a permanent resident applies in respect of applications referred to in subsection (1).
Citizenship Act — C-29 35
Redetermination of decisions — sections 5, 9 and 11 35 Any decision that is made under section 5, 9 or 11 of the Citizenship Act before the day on which subsection 12(1) comes into force and that is set aside by the Federal Court and sent back for a redetermination on or after the day on which that subsection comes into force is to be determined in accordance with that Act as it reads on that day.
Citizenship Act — C-29 36
Expiry of section 14 — decisions under section 5 or 11 36 In the event that section 14 of the Citizenship Act expires in accordance with section 28.1 of that Act, any decision that is made under section 5 or 11 of that Act before the day on which that section 14 expires and that is set aside by the Federal Court and sent back for a redetermination on or after that day is to be determined in accordance with that Act as it reads on that day.
Citizenship Act — C-29 37
Existing applications — subsection 12(1) 37 (1) An application that was made under subsection 12(1) of the Citizenship Act before the day on which subsection 2(2) comes into force and was not finally disposed of before that day is to be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with (a) the provisions of that Act — except section 3 — as they read immediately before that day; and (b) section 3 of that Act as it reads on that day. Order in council (2) On the day on which subsection 2 (2) comes into force, the reference to subsection 3(7) in subsection (1) is replaced by a reference to that subsection 2 (2).
Citizenship Act — C-29 38
Existing applications — expiry of section 14 38 In the event that section 14 of the Citizenship Act expires in accordance with section 28.1 of that Act, every application that is referred to a citizenship judge for determination under that section 14 and in respect of which a decision to approve or not to approve is not made before the expiry of that section 14 is to be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of that Act, as if that section 14 had been repealed.
Citizenship Act — C-29 39
Existing appeals and judicial review applications 39 An appeal under subsection 14(5) of the Citizenship Act — or an application for judicial review with respect to any matter under that Act — that was commenced before the day on which section 20 comes into force and was not finally disposed of before that day is to be dealt with and disposed of in accordance with that Act and the Federal Courts Act as they read immediately before that day.