It includes people who never became citizens and who could have registered to be citizens, but did not. As members of the committee are well aware, a person's status may be affected by the 1947 act, the 1977 act, or amendments to those acts, depending on their situation.
Comme les membres du comité le savent bien, la Loi de 1947, celle de 1977 et les modifications qui ont été apportées, peuvent influencer le statut d'une personne, en fonction de sa situation.