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        Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (c.53)
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        1. Rehabilitated persons and spent convictions. (S)
        1. Rehabilitated persons and spent convictions. (E+W)
        2. Rehabilitation of persons dealt with in service disciplinary proceedings.
        3. Special provision with respect to certain disposals by children's hearings under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.
        4. Effect of rehabilitation.
        5. Rehabilitation periods for particular sentences. (S)
        5. Rehabilitation periods for particular sentences. (E+W)
        6. The rehabilitation period applicable to a conviction.
        7. Limitations on rehabilitation under this Act, etc. (S)
        7. Limitations on rehabilitation under this Act, etc. (E+W)
        8. Defamation actions.
        9. Unauthorized disclosure of spent convictions.
        10. Orders.
        11. Citation, commencement and extent.

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