Section 11
of Offenders (Probation and Community Service) Act
Section 11
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), a conviction for the offence in respect of which an order is made placing the offender on probation or discharging him absolutely or conditionally shall be deemed not to be a conviction for any purpose other than the purposes of the proceedings in which the order is
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made and of any subsequent proceedings which may be taken against the offender under this Act:
Provided that where an offender who has attained the age of 18 years at the time of his conviction for an offence for which he is placed on probation or conditionally discharged is subsequently sentenced under this Act for that offence, this subsection shall cease to apply to that conviction.
(2)
Without prejudice to subsection (1), the conviction of an offender who is placed on probation or discharged absolutely or conditionally shall be disregarded for the purposes of any other written law which imposes any disqualification or disability upon convicted persons, or which authorises or requires the imposition of any such disqualification or disability.
(3)
Subsections (1) and (2) shall not affect —
(a)
any right of any such offender to appeal against his conviction or to rely thereon in bar of any subsequent prosecution for the same offence; or
(b)
the re-vesting or restoration of any property in consequence of any order made on the conviction of any such offender.