🍁 In Simple Terms
Defines who qualifies as a member of the family class for sponsorship purposes — spouses, common-law partners, conjugal partners, dependent children, parents, grandparents, and other relatives.
Affects: Persons subject to removal or detention
Legal Text — IRPA Section 117
(1)No person shall organize, induce, aid or abet the coming into Canada of one or more persons knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, their coming into Canada is or would be in contravention of this Act.
Penalties — fewer than 10 persons
(ii)for a subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or to a term of imprisonment of not more than 14 years, or to both; and
In Practice
Related Sections
Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPA s. 117 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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