First of all, I think you are referring to the "intent to reside". The "intent to live" is not part of citizenship rules but I very much encourage you to have the intent to live, I think your loved ones would appreciate that
Jokes aside: if bill c-6 becomes law, the "intent to reside" clause will be deemed to never have applied to applicants. This is true no matter in which of the following situations you are:
- you already received your citizenship under the old rules
- you applied under the old rules but your application is still in process when c-6 becomes law
- you apply after c-6 becomes law
In all of these three cases, the intend to reside clause will be deemed to never have applied. This means in particular that no immigration authority, neither IRCC nor the courts could ever accuse you of misrepresentation regarding your intention to reside.
I am not sure what you mean with "other obsolete provisions". In fact this is the only one I can think of.
Note that if you apply before 3/5 takes effect, your application will still get assessed by the 4/6 rule, even if during the processing of your application, the 3/5 rule takes effect. For residency days, the rule ON THE DAY YOU SIGN THE APPLICATION is the one that applies. So if you apply before the new residency rules of c-6 take effect and it turns out you are short of 4 years, your application will be rejected, even if you were above 3 years under the new rules. You would then have to apply under the new rules again.
So yes, intent to reside will be removed for everyone, but most other provisions only apply to applications after the day of effect.
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