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StatuteCrimes Act 1914

Section 85ZN — Crimes Act 1914: Meaning of quash

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For the purposes of this Part, a person’s conviction of an offence shall be taken to have been quashed: (a) where the person was convicted of the offence—if the conviction has been quashed or set aside; (b) where the person was found guilty of the offence, but discharged without conviction—if the finding of guilt has been quashed or set aside; or (c) where the person was not found guilty of the offence, but a court has taken it into account in passing sentence on the person for another offence: (i) if the person’s conviction of the other offence has been quashed or set aside; or (ii) if the court’s decision to take the offence into account has been set aside.

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