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Section 122 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: Documents

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No person shall, in order to contravene this Act, possess a passport, visa or other document, of Canadian or foreign origin, that purports to establish or that could be used to establish a person’s identity; use such a document, including for the purpose of entering or remaining in Canada; or import, export or deal in such a document. Proof of the matters referred to in subsection (1) in relation to a forged document or a document that is blank, incomplete, altered or not genuine is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that the person intends to contravene this Act.

Official source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

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