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The Canadian Citizenship Act (French: Loi sur la citoyenneté canadienne) was a statute passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1946 which created the legal status of Canadian citizenship. The Act defined who were Canadian citizens, separate and independent from the status of the British subject and repealed earlier Canadian legislation relating ...
Canadian nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Canada.The primary law governing these regulations is the Citizenship Act, which came into force on February 15, 1977 and is applicable to all provinces and territories of Canada.
Canadian citizenship, as a status separate from British nationality, was created by the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946 [60] (popularly known as the 1947 Act), which came into effect on 1 January 1947.
A 2014 law called the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act previously included provisions to revoke citizenship if a dual-national Canadian was convicted of “national security offenses. ...
With the enactment of the Citizenship Act that year, the Canadian Oath of Citizenship was established. Proposals for modification of the oath have surfaced from time to time, including removing references to the sovereign, adding loyalty to societal principles, and/or adding specific mention to Canada.
In 1946 Canada was the first nation in the then-British Commonwealth to establish its own nationality law, with the enactment of the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946, taking effect on 1 January 1947. In order to be deemed a Canadian citizen, one generally had to be a British subject on the date that the Act took effect, or had been admitted to ...
His mother was born in that province before moving to South Africa, which is why Musk was able to get a Canadian passport, according to the Canadian outlet. The 53-year-old also has U.S. citizenship.
On May 29, 2007, Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley (CPC) announced her proposal to amend the Citizenship Act.Under the proposal, anyone naturalized in Canada since 1947 would have citizenship even if they lost it under the 1947 Act.