Section 53 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Document indicating status

For the purposes of subsection 31(1) of the Act, the document indicating the status of a permanent resident is a permanent resident card that is provided by the Department to a person who has become a permanent resident under the Act; or issued by the Department, on application, to a permanent resident who has become a permanent resident under the Act or a permanent resident who obtained that status under the Immigration Act , chapter I-2 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, as it read immediately before the coming into force of section 31 of the Act. A permanent resident card remains the property of Her Majesty in right of Canada at all times and must be returned to the Department on the Department’s request.