Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946
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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 The Act defined who were Canadian citizens, separate and independent from the status of the British subject and repealed earlier Canadian legislation relating to Canadian nationals and citizens as sub-classes of British subject status.[1][2]
This article is about the first Canadian statute dealing with citizenship. For the current law relating to Canadian citizenship, see Canadian nationality law. For the history of Canadian citizenship, see History of Canadian nationality law.
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Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946 | |
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Citation | SC 1946, c. 15 |
Enacted by | Parliament of Canada |
Assented to | 27 June 1946 |
Commenced | 1 January 1947 |
Repealed | 15 February 1977 |
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Introduced by | Paul Martin, Sr., Secretary of State for Canada |
First reading | 2 April 1946 |
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Citizenship Act, 1976 | |
Status: Repealed |
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The Act came into force on 1 January 1947 and was in force for thirty years, until replaced on 15 February 1977 by a new statute, the Canadian Citizenship Act, 1976,[3] now known as the Citizenship Act.[4]