Canadian Refugee Procedure/IRPR s. 22 - Misrepresentation

IRPR s. 22

The text of the relevant section of the regulation reads:

Misrepresentation
22 Persons who have claimed refugee protection, if disposition of the claim is pending, and protected persons within the meaning of subsection 95(2) of the Act are exempted from the application of paragraph 40(1)(a) of the Act.

Commentary

Section 22 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations exempts refugee claimants whose refugee claims are pending and those recognized as refugees from being found inadmissible because of misrepresentation under section 40(1) of the IRPA. Which see: Canadian Refugee Procedure/33-43 - Inadmissibility. See also: Canadian Refugee Procedure/95-97 - Refugee Protection, Convention Refugees and Persons in Need of Protection#Section 95(2): Refugee protection is conferred on a person in the specific circumstances and it ceases as specified in s. 95(2).