Mr. Chair, the provision in the legislation basically provides a new authority that was not there previously to allow a citizenship officer, if they suspect a document that has been presented in front of them, to validate or help to substantiate their application for citizenship to Canada. If they believe there are reasonable grounds to believe that the document has been improperly obtained, improperly used, or is fraudulent, it allows the officer, under the minister's authority, to seize the document. That can include a passport, if it's deemed to be suspect or problematic, an identity document, or documentation providing evidence of residence in Canada.
This will now provide the authority to an officer to be able to seize those documents for further investigation. It doesn't necessarily mean to say that the individual has committed fraud, but it allows the documents to be held and to be investigated further to determine indeed whether or not in fact a fraud has been committed.