Will pending cases against me during or after the 5-year crime-free period affect my chances of my criminal record of a previous conviction being rendered spent?
A criminal record becomes spent when a person satisfies a crime-free period of 5 years. If, during the 5-year period, the person is convicted in court of another registrable offence, or if he is unlawfully at large in respect of a registrable offence, his record will not become spent. In addition, if a person has an outstanding warrant of arrest, he will be disqualified from having his record spent as long as the warrant remains outstanding. However, if the person has satisfied the crime-free period, his record will become spent and any subsequent conviction or warrant of arrest will not revive the earlier record.
This information is sourced from SPF-STAGING
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