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IRPRPART 3 InadmissibilityDIVISION 1 Determination of Inadmissibility
r.17

Prescribed period

Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 17

17 For the purposes of paragraph 36(3)(c) of the Act, the prescribed period is five years (a)after the completion of an imposed sentence, in the case of matters referred to in paragraphs 36(1)(b) and (2)(b) of the Act, if the person has not been convicted of a subsequent offence other than an offence designated as a contravention under the Contraventions Act or an offence under the Young Offenders Act; and (b)after committing an offence, in the case of matters referred to in paragraphs 36(1)(c) and (2)(c) of the Act, if the person has not been convicted of a subsequent offence other than an offence designated as a contravention under the Contraventions Act or an offence under the Young Offenders Act.

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