r. 53 Document indicating status

(1)For the purposes of subsection 31(1) of the Act, the document indicating the status of a permanent resident is a permanent resident card that is

• (a)provided by the Department to a person who has become a permanent resident under the Act; or
• (b)issued by the Department, on application, to a permanent resident who has become a permanent resident under the Act or a permanent resident who obtained that status under the Immigration Act, chapter I-2 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 31 of the Act.

Property of Her Majesty

(2)A permanent resident card remains the property of Her Majesty in right of Canada at all times and must be returned to the Department on the Department’s request.