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Citizenship Act

s. 21 Periods not counted as physical presence

  • PART V: Procedure

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

The law says

Citizenship Act s. 21
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21 Despite anything in this Act, no period may be counted as a period of physical presence for the purpose of this Act during which a person, under any enactment in force in Canada,

  • (a)has been under a probation order;
  • (b)has been a paroled inmate; or
  • (c)has served a term of imprisonment.
Amendment History (1)
  • R.S., 1985, c. C-29, s. 21; 2014, c. 22, s. 17; 2017, c. 14, s. 9

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