# Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Section 5E: Disclosure period: adjournment or deferral

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(1) Where, after convicting a person, a court adjourns a case under section 201 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 or defers sentence under section 202 of that Act, the adjournment or deferral is to be treated as a sentence for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The disclosure period applicable to a sentence mentioned in subsection (1) is a period beginning with the date of the conviction and ending on the date a relevant sentence in respect of the conviction is imposed on the person.
(3) In subsection (2), a “relevant sentence” is any sentence other than an adjournment or deferral (or, where applicable, a further adjournment or deferral) imposed on the person in respect of the conviction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/53/section/5E (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974/section-5E
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