Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS) ACT 1986 - SECT 8

8 Lawful to deny certain convictions

(1) Where the rehabilitation period has expired in relation to a conviction recorded against any person and the conviction has not been revived in respect of the person, it is lawful to claim, upon oath or otherwise, that the person has not suffered the conviction, except upon an occasion when, as provided by section 4 , this Act is to be construed so as not to prejudice a provision of law or rule of legal practice or to relieve from a responsibility.

(2) Where a person has made a claim declared lawful by subsection (1) , evidence shall not be admissible in any proceeding to show the claim to be false.