Act In force Latest version as at 03 September 2007 (as enacted) | 1998 No 79 | Administered by Ministry of Justice

Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 1998

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Short Title and commencement

Execution of sentence, process, or warrant

Sentence or process without jurisdiction

Record of proceedings

Evidence of former trial

Schedule 2 amended

Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 1998

Public Act	1998 No 79
Date of assent	30 June 1998

Contents

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Execution of sentence, process, or warrant

3 Sentence or process without jurisdiction

4 Interpretation

5 Bench warrant [Repealed]

6 Record of proceedings

7 Evidence of former trial

8 Schedule 2 amended

An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1961

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 1998, and is part of the Crimes Act 1961 (“the principal Act”).

(2) This Act comes into force on the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.

2 Execution of sentence, process, or warrant

This section amended s 26(3) of the principal Act.

3 Sentence or process without jurisdiction

- (a) This paragraph amended s 28(1)(a) of the principal Act.
- (b) This paragraph amended s 28(1)(b) of the principal Act.

4 Interpretation

This section amended s 99 of the principal Act.

5 Bench warrant

[Repealed]

Section 5 was repealed, as from 1 January 2001, by section 74(2) Bail Act 2000 (2000 No 38). See section 75 of that Act as to the savings provisions.

6 Record of proceedings

This section amended section 353(2)(a) of the principal Act.

7 Evidence of former trial

This section amended s 360(2) of the principal Act.

8 Schedule 2 amended

This section amended Schedule 2 of the principal Act.