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(1)Subject as hereinafter provided, a conviction . . . F1 of an offence for which an order is made . . . F1 placing the offender on probation or discharging him absolutely shall be deemed not to be a conviction for any purpose other than the purposes of the proceedings in which the order is made and of laying it before a court as a previous conviction in subsequent proceedings for another offence:
Provided that where an offender, being not less than 16 years of age at the time of his conviction of an offence for which he is placed on probation as aforesaid, is subsequently sentenced under this Act for that offence, the provisions of this subsection shall cease to apply to the conviction.
(2)Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this section, the conviction of an offender who is placed on probation or discharged absolutely as aforesaid shall in any event be disregarded for the purposes of any enactment which imposes any disqualification or disability upon convicted persons, or authorises or requires the imposition of any such disqualification or disability.
(3)The foregoing provisions of this section shall not affect—
[F2(a)any right to appeal;]
(b)the operation, in relation to any such offender, of any enactment which was in force as at the commencement of section 9(3)(b) of the M1Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1949 and is expressed to extend to persons dealt with under section 1(1) of the M2Probation of Offenders Act 1907 as well as to convicted persons.
(4)Where an offender is F3. discharged absolutely by a court of summary jurisdiction, he shall have the like right of appeal against the finding that he committed the offence as if that finding were a conviction.
(5)Where a person charged with an offence has at any time previously been. discharged absolutely in respect of the commission by him of an offence, it shall be competent, in the proceedings for that offence, to bring before the court the.order of absolute discharge in like manner as if the order were a conviction.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 63:1), Sch. 6 para. 1, Sch. 8
F2S. 392(3)(a) substituted (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 36, s. 79(13), Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 2(9)
F3Words in s. 392(4)(5) repealed (31.3.1996 subject to transitional provisions and savings in the commencing S.I.) by 1995 c. 20, s. 117, Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 136, Sch. 7 Pt. I; S.I. 1996/517, arts. 3(2), 4-6, Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 392 amended by Licensed Premises (Exclusion of Certain Persons) Act 1980 (c. 32, SIF 68A:1, 2), s. 1(2)(c)
C2S. 392 excluded by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20, SIF 107:1), ss. 93(8), 101(8) (as added by Criminal Justice Act 1980 (c. 62, SIF 39:1), s. 55) and Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), s. 75(3)(b)
C3S. 392 excluded by Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c. 53, SIF 107:1), s.46(3) and by S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12), art. 73(3)(c)
Marginal Citations
M11949 c. 94.(39:1).
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