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=== 5. Record Suspension === | === 5. Record Suspension === | ||
A record suspension (formerly a pardon) allows offenders who have completed their sentence and demonstrated they are law-abiding citizens for a prescribed number of years to have their criminal record kept apart from other criminal records. The waiting period is described in section 4(1) of the ''Criminal Records Act'': | A record suspension (formerly a pardon) allows offenders who have completed their sentence and demonstrated they are law-abiding citizens for a prescribed number of years to have their criminal record kept apart from other criminal records. The waiting period is described in section 4(1) of the [https://canlii.ca/t/7vf3 ''Criminal Records Act'']: | ||
* 5 years (after the sentence is completed) for a summary offence (or a service offence under the ''National Defence Act'', excluding those below). | * 5 years (after the sentence is completed) for a summary offence (or a service offence under the ''National Defence Act'', excluding those below). | ||
* 10 years (after the sentence is completed) for an indictable offence (or a service offence under the ''National Defence Act'' for which the person was either fined more than $5,000, detained or imprisoned for more than 6 months, dismissed from service, or dismissed with disgrace from service). | * 10 years (after the sentence is completed) for an indictable offence (or a service offence under the ''National Defence Act'' for which the person was either fined more than $5,000, detained or imprisoned for more than 6 months, dismissed from service, or dismissed with disgrace from service). | ||
