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Appeal allowed; provisions of the Citizenship Act declared inoperative and read down.
The appellant appealed the rejection of his citizenship application.
The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal, quashed the Registrar's decision, and directed that the application be dealt with in accordance with its reasons for judgment.
The Court declared certain words in section 5(2)(b) of the Citizenship Act inoperative and ordered that several other sections of the Act and Regulations be read without reference to section 5(2)(b).