Scott Duncan
OK, here is what you do:
1) READ AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SIGNING.
2) TAKE A LESSON FROM ChiefRock Sino General! See the word UNKNOWN, change it to KNOWN (Red ink: Red LEGALLY means there is a ERROR and it needs CORRECTING) and YOU set the terms. THEN sign it.
HOWEVER: In Ontario (and probably the whole country) they slip it in through DEFINITIONS, making redaction problematic.
According to my experts, the DEFINITION of "PLACE OF BIRTH" is where they do the "unknown" thing, and that's in their DEFINITIONS. Good luck finding it.
The BRITISH COMMONWEALTH has all of these forms standardized.
Look in OTHER commonwealth jurisdictions for definitions.
AND DON"T FORGET, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION OF RESCINDING YOUR SIGNATURE UNDER THE LEGAL PRINCIPLE OF "MISTAKE". (Hence "Notice of Mistake")
Courts will ONLY recognize MISTAKE and FRAUD as a remedy. Remember that.
Nobody will question "Place of Birth", which is why they can "redefine" it in some obscure commonwealth tome. It's THEIR LANGUAGE. THEIR RULES, and YOU CAN NEVER understand what they write on their forms. It's just that you "believe" you know what the words mean on that form.