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

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

• — 2023, c. 26, s. 300

  • 300 The Citizenship Act is amended by adding the following after section 2:

    Biometric Information

    • Biometric information — collection, use, etc.

      2.1 The Minister may, for the purpose of administering and enforcing this Act, collect, use, verify, retain and disclose biometric information in accordance with the regulations.

    • Provision of biometric information

      • 2.2 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and the regulations, a person who makes an application or request under this Act must provide the biometric information specified by the regulations in accordance with the procedures set out in the regulations for the collection and verification of biometric information.

      • Exceptional circumstances

        (2) If the Minister considers that exceptional circumstances warrant it, the Minister may, on the Minister’s own initiative, decide that subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a class of persons and may specify the biometric information that a person who is a member of that class is to provide and the procedure to follow for the collection and verification of that biometric information.

• — 2023, c. 26, ss. 302(1), (2)

  • • 302 (1) Subsection 27(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following before paragraph (b):

      • (a) respecting the application of section 2.2, including regulations respecting

        • (i) restrictions on the persons to whom and on the applications or requests to which that section applies,

        • (ii) the biometric information that is to be provided,

        • (iii) the circumstances in which a person is not required to provide certain biometric information, and

        • (iv) the circumstances in which a person is exempt from the application of that section;

    • (2) Paragraph 27(1)(k.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

      • (k.1) providing for the collection, retention, use, verification, disclosure and disposal of information for the purposes of this Act;

• — 2023, c. 26, s. 303

  • 303 Subsection 27.2 of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

    • (a.1) respecting the procedures for the collection and verification of biometric information;

    • (a.2) respecting the processing of collected biometric information, including the creation of biometric templates;