Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Bill 5 Part 3—Disregarding certain convictions for historical sexual offences (3) In particular— (a) no evidence is admissible in any proceedings before a judicial authority exercising its jurisdiction or functions in Scotland to prove that the person has done, or undergone, anything within subsection (2), and 5 (b) the person is not, in any such proceedings, to be asked (and, if asked, is not to be required to answer) any question relating to the person’s past which cannot be answered without acknowledging or referring to the conviction or any circumstances ancillary to it. (4) Where a question is put to a person, other than in such proceedings, seeking information 10 with respect to the previous convictions, offences, conduct or circumstances of any person— (a) the question is to be treated as not relating to any disregarded conviction, or any circumstances ancillary to it (and the answer to the question may...