(a) General rule.-- An order of disposition or other adjudication in a proceeding under this chapter is not a conviction of crime and does not impose any civil disability ordinarily resulting from a conviction or operate to disqualify the child in any civil service application or appointment. (b) Effect in subsequent judicial matters.-- The disposition of a child under this chapter may only be used against him: (1) in dispositional proceedings after conviction for the purposes of a presentence investigation and report if the child was adjudicated delinquent; (2) in a subsequent juvenile hearing, whether before or after reaching majority; (3) if relevant, where he has put his reputation or character in issue in a civil matter; or (4) in a criminal proceeding, if the child was adjudicated delinquent for an offense, the evidence of which would be admissible if committed by an adult.
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