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IMMIGRATION MARRIAGE [6 records]

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Record 1 2018-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Penal Law
  • Social Law
OBS

Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act: short title.

OBS

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Civil Marriage Act and the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts : long title.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit social
OBS

Loi sur la tolérance zéro face aux pratiques culturelles barbares : titre abrégé.

OBS

Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, la Loi sur le mariage civil, le Code criminel et d'autres lois en conséquence : titre intégral.

OBS

Loi sur la tolérance zéro face aux pratiques culturelles barbares : titre de loi tiré du mini-lexique «Violence faite aux femmes» et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

[The science that studies and implements] the methods of improving the [genetic] qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inherited undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics).

OBS

The belief that genetic factors could explain traits such as intelligence, criminal tendencies and athletic prowess gave rise to the eugenics movement, which aimed to improve the human race by reshaping its gene pool. In the United States the eugenics movement played a role in public policies on immigration, interracial marriage and the mandatory sterilization of so-called defectives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Science qui étudie et met en œuvre les moyens d'améliorer l'espèce humaine en cherchant soit à favoriser l'apparition de certains caractères (eugénique positive) soit à éliminer les maladies héréditaires (eugénique négative), fondée sur le progrès de la génétique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

[Ciencia que estudia] la posibilidad de mejorar la descendencia en la especie humana, mediante la selección consciente de la pareja en quien se considera que concurren las condiciones físicas y mentales mejores para la procreación en común.

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Record 3 2015-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

mariage à fin d'immigration : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genitourinary Surgery
  • Reproduction (Medicine)
DEF

A procedure by which a human or other animal is made incapable of reproduction.

CONT

In the United States, the eugenics movement played a role in public policies on immigration, interracial marriage and the mandatory sterilization of so-called defectives.

OBS

This is the most drastic method of contraception in use ... it is nearly always final and irrevocable.

Key term(s)
  • sterilisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie génito-urinaire
  • Reproduction (Médecine)
DEF

Suppression définitive, accidentelle ou intentionnelle de la capacité de procréer.

CONT

Comme moyen de contraception, la stérilisation en est le plus radical [...] Elle est efficace et irréversible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía genitourinaria
  • Reproducción (Medicina)
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Record 5 2012-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

One of the consular envelopes, which contain birth and marriage certificates and fingerprints taken at the consulate, is held by the immigration authorities, on the entrance of the foreign resident into the country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

The principal applicant, who alleges that he is a citizen of Afghanistan, was determined by the Immigration and Refugee Board to be a Convention refugee. After submitting an application for permanent residence under section 46. 04 of the [Immigration] Act, he was required, more than a year later, to provide additional identity documents... The principal applicant was advised that the documentation he had provided and displayed was not satisfactory and that his record of landing would be issued only upon provision of satisfactory identification. His identity booklet and marriage certificate, that had been seized, were never submitted for verification or "feedback" from "Intelligence".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

La Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié a reconnu le statut de réfugié au sens de la Convention au demandeur principal, qui affirmait être citoyen de l'Afghanistan. Celui-ci s'était vu obligé, plus d'un an après avoir présenté sa demande de résidence permanente en vertu de l'article 46.04 de la Loi, de fournir des papiers d'identité additionnels. [...] Le carnet d'identité et le certificat de mariage du demandeur principal, qui avaient été saisis, n'ont jamais été soumis pour vérification [...].

Spanish

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