Citizenship Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-29)

Marginal note:Revocation for fraud — declaration of Court

• 10.1 (1) Unless a person makes a request under paragraph 10(3.1)(b), the person’s citizenship or renunciation of citizenship may be revoked only if the Minister seeks a declaration, in an action that the Minister commences, that the person has obtained, retained, renounced or resumed his or her citizenship by false representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material circumstances and the Court makes such a declaration.

• (2) [Repealed, 2017, c. 14, s. 4]

• Marginal note:Effect of declaration

  (3) A declaration made under subsection (1) has the effect of revoking a person’s citizenship or renunciation of citizenship.

• Marginal note:Proof

  (4) For the purposes of subsection (1), if the Minister seeks a declaration that the person has obtained, retained, renounced or resumed his or her citizenship by false representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material circumstances, with respect to a fact described in sections 34, 35, 35.1 or 37 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Minister need prove only that the person has obtained, retained, renounced or resumed his or her citizenship by false representation or fraud or by knowingly concealing material circumstances.