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Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

s. 122 Documents

  • PART 3: Enforcement
  • Family Sponsorship

Last verified: June 2026 · Source: justice.gc.ca

The law says

IRPA s. 122
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(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.

Proof of offence

(2)Proof of the matters referred to in subsection (1) in relation to a forged document or a document that is blank, incomplete, altered or not genuine is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the person intends to contravene this Act.

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