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) and subsection 3(2), where a child is born after the death of either of his parents, the child shall be deemed to have been born before the death of that parent.
Marginal note:Person born of Canadian parent outside Canada
(3) For the purposes of paragraph 3(1)(e), a person otherwise entitled under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the former Act to become a citizen immediately before February 15, 1977 remains so entitled notwithstanding that his birth is registered, after February 14, 1977, in accordance with the regulations made under the former Act,
(a) within two years after the occurrence of his birth; or
(b) within such extended period as the Minister may authorize after February 15, 1977 or has authorized before that date.
- 1974-75-76, c. 108, s. 4
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