Section 35.1 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: Sanctions
Text of the provision Official document
A foreign national is inadmissible on grounds of sanctions if their entry into or stay in Canada is restricted under a decision, resolution or measure of an international organization of states or association of states, of which Canada is a member, that imposes sanctions on a person, entity or foreign state , within the meaning of section 2 of the Special Economic Measures Act , against which or whom Canada has imposed or has agreed to impose sanctions in concert with that organization or association; they are currently the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Special Economic Measures Act ; or they are currently the subject of an order or regulation made under section 4 of the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) . For greater certainty, despite section 33, a foreign national whose entry into or stay in Canada is no longer restricted under a decision, resolution or measure referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or who ceases being the subject of an order or regulation referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) is no longer inadmissible under that paragraph.
Official source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca
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