Act Number: 20

Act Name: The Probation of Offenders Act, 1958

Year: 1958

Enactment Date: 1958-05-16

Long Title: An Act to provide for the release of offenders on probation or after due admonition and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section 12: Removal of disqualification attaching to conviction.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, a person found guilty of an offence and dealt with under the provisions of section 3 or section 4 shall not suffer disqualification, if any, attaching to a conviction of an offence under such law:
     Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to a person who, after his release under section 4 is subsequently sentenced for the original offence.
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