Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if, before or after the commencement of this section:
(a) a summary authority convicts a person of a service offence; or
(b) a court martial or a Defence Force magistrate convicts a person of a Schedule 1A offence and does not impose a punishment of imprisonment on the person.
(2) The conviction has effect for service purposes only.
(3) The convicted person is not required to disclose to any person, for any purpose (other than a service purpose), the fact that the person has been convicted of the offence.
Note: A person who has been convicted of an offence to which this section applies is not required to disclose the conviction for service purposes if the conviction is spent within the meaning of Part VIIC of the Crimes Act 1914 .
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) have effect despite section 3A.