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Citizenship Act

s. 36 Offences and punishment

  • PART VIII: Status of Persons in Canada

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

The law says

Citizenship Act s. 36
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(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.

Amendment History (1)
  • 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 33

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