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Citizenship Act

s. 10.2 Presumption

  • PART II: Loss of Citizenship

Current to 2026-09-03 · Last amended 2025-12-15 · Source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

The law says

Citizenship Act s. 10.2
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10.2 For the purposes of subsections 10(1) and 10.1(1), a person has obtained or resumed his or her citizenship by false representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material circumstances if the person became a permanent resident, within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, by false representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material circumstances and, because of having acquired that status, the person subsequently obtained or resumed citizenship.

Amendment History (1)
  • 2014, c. 22, s. 8

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