Citizenship Regulations, No. 2

Marginal note:Delivery

• 17 (1) Notices referred in subsections 10(3) and 10.1(2) of the Act and the decision referred to in subsection 10(5) of the Act may be delivered by hand, by regular mail or by electronic means.

• Marginal note:Personal delivery

  (2) Delivery of a document to an individual by hand is effected by delivering it

  • (a) to the individual or to a person who has attained 18 years of age and who is present at the individual’s last known address; or

  • (b) if the individual is a minor, to the individual’s parent or to any other person having lawful custody of the minor or to a person who has attained 18 years of age who is present at the last known address of the parent or the person having lawful custody.

• Marginal note:Delivery by mail

  (3) Delivery of a document to an individual by regular mail is effected by sending it by regular mail to the individual’s last known address or, if the individual is a minor, to the last known address of the individual’s parent or of any other person having lawful custody.

• Marginal note:Delivery by electronic means

  (4) Delivery of a document to an individual by electronic means is effected by sending it to the individual’s last known electronic address or, if the individual is a minor, by sending it to the last known electronic address of the minor’s parent or the person having lawful custody of the minor.