Crimes Amendment Act 2013
Crimes Amendment Act 2013
| Public Act | 2013 No 27 |
| Date of assent | 6 June 2013 |
| Commencement | see section 2 |
Contents
4 Section 8 amended (Jurisdiction in respect of crimes on ships or aircraft beyond New Zealand)
5 Section 411 amended (Consequential amendments)
6 Consequential amendment to Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
This Act is the Crimes Amendment Act 2013.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 July 2013.
3 Principal Act
This Act amends the Crimes Act 1961 (the principal Act).
4 Section 8 amended (Jurisdiction in respect of crimes on ships or aircraft beyond New Zealand)
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(1) Replace section 8(2) with:
“(2) If a person does or omits to do any act to which this section applies, and that act or omission would, if it occurred within New Zealand, be an offence, under this Act or any other enactment (whether that enactment was passed before or after the commencement of this Act), punishable by imprisonment for life or by 2 or more years' imprisonment, then, subject to the provisions of this Act and that other enactment, the person is liable on conviction as if the act or omission had occurred in New Zealand.
“(2A) If any proceedings are taken by virtue of the jurisdiction conferred by this section, it is a defence to prove that the act or omission would not have been an offence under the law of the country of which the person charged was a national or citizen at the time of the act or omission, if it had occurred in that country.”
(2) In section 8(3), replace
“a crime”
with“an offence punishable by imprisonment for life or by 2 or more years' imprisonment”
.(3) In section 8(7), replace
“crime”
with“offence”
.
5 Section 411 amended (Consequential amendments)
Repeal section 411(2).
6 Consequential amendment to Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011
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(1) This section amends the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011.
(2) In the Schedule,—
(a) repeal the item relating to section 8 of the principal Act:
(b) repeal the item relating to section 411(2) of the principal Act.
7 Further amendments to principal Act
Amend the principal Act as set out in the Schedule.
Schedule |
Section 86
In section 86(3), replace “a crime”
with “an offence”
.
Section 182
In section 182(2), replace “crime”
with “offence”
.
Section 216F
In section 216F(2), replace “a crime”
with “an offence”
.
Section 233
In section 233(1)(b), replace “crime”
with “imprisonable offence”
.
Section 246
In section 246(1), replace “crime”
with “imprisonable offence”
.
In section 246(2), replace “a crime”
with “an imprisonable offence”
in each place.
In section 246(3), replace “crime”
with “imprisonable offence”
.
In section 246(4), replace “crime”
with “imprisonable offence”
in each place.
Section 251
In section 251(1)(a), replace “a crime”
with “an offence”
.
In section 251(1)(b), replace “a crime”
with “an offence”
in each place.
In section 251(2)(b), replace “a crime”
with “an offence”
.
Section 272
In section 272, replace “a crime”
with “an offence”
.
Section 312
In section 312, replace “crime punishable by imprisonment”
with “imprisonable offence”
.
In section 312, replace “a crime in respect of”
with “an offence in respect of”
.
In section 312, replace “for that crime”
with “for that offence”
.
In section 312, replace “committed the crime”
with “committed the offence”
.
Legislative history | |
|---|---|
| 8 May 2013 | Divided from Criminal Procedure Legislation Bill (Bill 74–2) by committee of the whole House as Bill 74–3C |
| 30 May 2013 | Third reading |
| 6 June 2013 | Royal assent |
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.