10 Convictions as evidence in civil proceedings
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (1968 c 70) | Legislation

Convictions, etc, as Evidence in Civil Proceedings

10  Convictions as evidence in civil proceedings

(1)     In any civil proceedings the fact that a person has been convicted of an offence by or before any court in the United Kingdom or [of a service offence (anywhere)] shall (subject to subsection (3) of this section) be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving, where to do so is relevant to any issue in those proceedings, that he committed that offence, whether he was so convicted upon a plea of guilty or otherwise and whether or not he is a party to the civil proceedings; but no conviction other than a subsisting one shall be admissible in evidence by virtue of this section.

(2)     In any civil proceedings in which by virtue

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