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

Marginal note:Deserted child

• 4 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(a), every person who, before apparently attaining the age of seven years, was found as a deserted child in Canada shall be deemed to have been born in Canada, unless the contrary is proved within seven years from the date the person was found.

• Marginal note:Child born after death of parent

  (2) For the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(b), subsection 3(2) and subparagraph 3(3)(a)(i), if a child is born after the death of either of their parents, the child is deemed to have been born before the death of that parent.

• (3) [Repealed, 2008, c. 14, s. 3]