Regulations for Determining Lack of Bad Conduct by Persons Applying for Naturalization Article 3

If any of the following circumstances apply, the applicant may be regarded as having no bad conduct:1. The period of deferred prosecution or suspension of sentence has expired without revocation.2. A fine imposed on the applicant has been fully executed.3. More than three years have elapsed since completion of the execution of short-term imprisonment imposed on the applicant.4. The applicant has committed a crime for which the maximum principal punishment is imprisonment for not more than six months, short-term imprisonment, or a fine, and more than three years have elapsed since the expiration of the limitation period for execution of the sentence.5. The punishment specified in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding Article has been fully executed or paid, or the limitation period for its execution has expired; or the applicant has committed an act specified in Item 5 or 6 of Subparagraph 2 of the preceding Article under circumstances that warrant compassion or are not attributable to the applicant.6. The applicant has not committed any act listed in the preceding Article during the three-year period following the termination or completion of the conduct specified in Subparagraph 3 or 4 of the preceding Article.7. More than three years have elapsed since the conduct constituting the violation specified in Subparagraph 5 of the preceding Article ended, the execution of a punitive adverse disposition was completed, the fine was fully paid, the limitation period for execution expired, or the punishment was waived in accordance with law. Where the act specified in Subparagraph 5 of the preceding Article constitutes a crime, or where the applicant intentionally commits against a child or youth an offense under the Chapter of Offenses of Causing Injury of the Criminal Code, and the applicant is subject to a decision of deferred prosecution or a final judgment of suspension of sentence or fine, the applicant may be regarded as having no bad conduct only after more than five years have passed since the occurrence of the circumstance specified in Subparagraph 1 or 2 of the preceding paragraph; where the applicant has been sentenced to short-term imprisonment, more than five years must have passed since completion of its execution.