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Section 21 — Citizenship Act: Periods not counted as physical presence

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Despite anything in this Act, no period may be counted as a period of physical presence for the purpose of this Act during which a person, under any enactment in force in Canada, has been under a probation order; has been a paroled inmate; or has served a term of imprisonment.

Official source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

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