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Difference between convicted and committed

Resb

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Oct 20, 2018
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As per law, PR holder may be deported from Canada in case of serious criminality that is

  • (b)having been convicted of an offence outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an offence under an Act of Parliament punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years; or

  • (c) committing an act outside Canada that is an offence in the place where it was committed and that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an offence under an Act of Parliament punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.


    What's the difference between b and c? What do they mean here?