Legal Research

1. Which statue deals with issues related to citizenship in Canada? Provide its full citation. What is the full citation for the Regulation to this statute? 2. What is the best free, online source to find the full text of this statute and the associated regulations? What is the currency date of the statute (on that online source) as of the date you are submitting this assignment? 3. Was Maya a Canadian citizen at birth, or did her parents have to apply for her to become a Canadian citizen? What sections in the Statute and/or Regulations deal with this issue? 4. What if Jatinder died before Maya was born? (Assume that he is her biological father.) Does that affect Maya’s citizenship? 5. What if, before Maya was born, the immigration authorities discovered that Jatinder obtained his citizenship by forging documents and providing false information on his citizenship application? Would that affect his status as a Canadian citizen? How would it then affect Maya? 6. Assuming that Jantinder is not an adoptive parent and he has obtained his Canadian citizenship in the proper way, does Maya have to do anything to maintain her citizenship after she first becomes a Canadian citizen? 7. What must Maya prove in order to give up her Canadian citizenship? 8. Who will consider Maya’s request to give up her Canadian citizenship, and what will the process be? What section(s) of the Act and/or Regulations deal with this issue? 9. Can Maya become a Canadian citizen again when she decides to move back to Canada in 2007? If so, how? What section(s) of the Act and/or Regulations deal with this issue? 10. Can Maya buy a house if she is not a Canadian citizen? Why or why not?

Answers:
1) Statue-Canadian Citizenship Act (R.S. 1985 c C29) Regulations- Citizenship Regulations SOR/93-246
2) www.justice.gc.ca Currency date of the statue: January 16th 2011 Currency date of the Regulation: January 10th 2011
3)S.3 (1) Subject to this Act, a