# Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W+S

An Act to rehabilitate offenders who have not been reconvicted of any serious offence for periods of years, to penalise the unauthorised disclosure of their previous convictions, to amend the law of defamation, and for purposes connected therewith.
[31st July 1974]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/53/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974/introduction
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