Legal Research Essay

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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
SOR/2009-108, s. 16.
10) Authority to prohibit or restrict acquisitions of property in a province by non-Canadians
35. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province or such other person or authority in the province as is designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council thereof is authorized to prohibit, annul or in any manner restrict the taking or acquisition directly or indirectly of, or the succession to, any interest in real property located in the province by persons who are not citizens or by corporations or associations that are effectively controlled by persons who are not citizens.
Regulations
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province may make regulations applicable in the province for the purposes of determining
(a) what transactions constitute a direct or an indirect taking or acquisition of any interest in real property located in the province;
(b) what constitutes effective control of a corporation or association by persons who are not citizens;