"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4133F428.30000@hotmail.com...
> Problem for me is defining 犯罪を理由とする処分を受けたこと - I was
> intending to translate it "Have you been convicted of a criminal
> offence", but am worried that some applicants will interpret that as
> including speeding/parking fines etc. Being arrested, questioned,
> cautioned etc apparently wouldn't be an issue.
>
> So what is a criminal record in whichever country you come from?

At the risk of bringing down the wrath of the lawyers and law-school
graduates amongst us, I would say that in order to have a criminal record
one must be convicted by a court. So fines/warnings/jail-cell beatings would
not count.

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Ryan Ginstrom
ryang@gol.com