🍁 In Simple Terms
If you plan to break Canada's immigration laws, you cannot legally possess, use, import, export, or deal in passports, visas, or other identity documents — whether real or fake — to do so.
Affects: Persons subject to removal or detention
Legal Text — IRPA Section 122
(1)No person shall, in order to contravene this Act,(a) possess a passport, visa or other document, of Canadian or foreign origin, that purports to establish or that could be used to establish a person’s identity;
(b)use such a document, including for the purpose of entering or remaining in Canada; or
(c)import, export or deal in such a document.
In Practice
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Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPA s. 122 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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