Citizenship Act

Marginal note:Prohibition

• 22 (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, a person shall not be granted citizenship under section 5 or subsection 11(1) or take the oath of citizenship

  • (a) while the person is, pursuant to any enactment in force in Canada,

    • (i) under a probation order,

    • (ii) a paroled inmate, or

    • (iii) confined in or is an inmate of any penitentiary, jail, reformatory or prison;

  • (b) while the person is charged with, on trial for or subject to or a party to an appeal relating to an offence under subsection 29(2) or (3) or an indictable offence under any Act of Parliament, other than an offence that is designated as a contravention under the Contraventions Act;

  • (c) while the person is under investigation by the Minister of Justice, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for, or is charged with, on trial for, subject to or a party to an appeal relating to, an offence under any of sections 4 to 7 of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act;

  • (d) if the person has been convicted of an offence under any of sections 4 to 7 of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act;

  • (e) if the person has not obtained the authorization to return to Canada required under subsection 52(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act; or

  • (f) if, during the five years immediately preceding the person’s application, the person ceased to be a citizen pursuant to subsection 10(1).

• Marginal note:Idem

  (2) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, but subject to the Criminal Records Act, a person shall not be granted citizenship under section 5 or subsection 11(1) or take the oath of citizenship if,

  • (a) during the three year period immediately preceding the date of the person’s application, or

  • (b) during the period between the date of the person’s application and the date that the person would otherwise be granted citizenship or take the oath of citizenship,

  the person has been convicted of an offence under subsection 29(2) or (3) or of an indictable offence under any Act of Parliament, other than an offence that is designated as a contravention under the Contraventions Act.