INDIA AND . . . . . . . . . COMMONWEALTH 365
Relevant sections of the Canadian Nationality Act are sections 4, 5 and 26 :—
“4. Born before the commencement of the Act :— A person, born before the commencement of this Act, is a natural born Canadian citizen :—
(a) If he was born in Canada or on a Canadianship and has not become an alien at the commencement of this Act; or
(b) if he was born outside of Canada elsewhere than on a Canadianship and his father, or in the case of a person born out of wedlock, his mother—
(i) was born in Canada or on a Canadianship and has not become an alien at the time of that person’s birth, or
(ii) was, at the time of that person’s birth, a British subject who had Canadian domicile,
if, at the commencement of this Act, that person has not become an alien, and has either been lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent residence or is a minor.”
“5. Born after the commencement of the Act :— A person, born after the commencement of this Act, is a natural born Canadian citizen :—
(a) if he is born in Canada or on a Canadianship ; or
(b) if he is born outside of Canada elsewhere than on a Canadianship, and
(i) his father, or in the case of a child born out of wed-lock, his mother, at the time of that person’s birth, is a Canadian citizen by reason of having been born in Canada or on a Canadianship, or having been granted a certificate of citizenship or having been a Canadian citizen at the commencement of this Act, and
(ii) the fact of his birth is registered at a consulate or with the Minister, within two years after its occurrence or within such extended period as may be authorized in special cases by the Minister, in accordance with the regulations.”