Section 156 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Ineligibility to be a party to a sponsorship

The following persons are ineligible to be a party to a sponsorship: a person who has been convicted in Canada of the offence of murder or an offence set out in Schedule I or II to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act , regardless of whether it was prosecuted by indictment, if a period of five years has not elapsed since the completion of the person’s sentence; a person who has been convicted of an offence outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an offence referred to in paragraph (a), if a period of five years has not elapsed since the completion of the person’s sentence imposed under a foreign law; a person who is in default of any support payment obligations ordered by a court; a person who is subject to a removal order; a person who is subject to a revocation proceeding under the Citizenship Act ; and a person who is detained in any penitentiary, jail, reformatory or prison. For the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), a sponsorship application may not be refused on the basis of a conviction in respect of which a pardon has been granted and has not ceased to have effect or been revoked under the Criminal Records Act , or in respect of which there has been a final determination of an acquittal.