Hi
"If you were convicted of or committed a criminal offence outside Canada, you may overcome this
criminal inadmissibility
• by applying for rehabilitation, or
• you may be deemed to have been rehabilitated if at least ten years have passed since you
completed the sentence imposed upon you, or since you committed the offence, if the
offence is one that would, in Canada, be an indictable offence punishable by a maximum
term of imprisonment of less than ten years.
If the offence is one that would, in Canada, be prosecuted summarily and if you were
convicted for two (2) or more such offences, that period is at least five (5) years after the
sentences imposed were served or to be served."
what is the difference between "committed" and "convicted" of a criminal offence?
1. convicted is by judge or courts, committed, an example would be in the UK they have cautions, this is where you commit an offence but you are not required to attend court, a senior police then issues a caution telling you to behave yourself in future. You sign the caution acknowledging that you committed the offence.
PMM
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