42Cancellation of certificates, returns of certificates etc.

#### 42 Cancellation of certificates, returns of certificates etc. The Minister shall: (a) cancel all certificates of Australian citizenship the holders of which have been deprived of Australian citizenship; (b) cause to be made indexes of certificates of Australian citizenship; and (d) cause to be laid before both Houses of the Parliament as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year a return showing the number of persons who have, in the year ending on that 30 June, become Australian citizens by reason of the grant of certificates of Australian citizenship, their former nationality or citizenship, and the countries in which they ordinarily resided immediately before entering Australia.