Crimes Amendment Act 2001
Crimes Amendment Act 2001
Crimes Amendment Act 2001
| Public Act | 2001 No 9 |
| Date of assent | 3 April 2001 |
Note
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
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(1) This Act is the Crimes Amendment Act 2001.
(2) In this Act, the Crimes Act 1961 is called
“the principal Act”
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2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Part 1
Amendments to principal Act
3 Dealing in slaves
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(1) Section 98(1) of the principal Act is amended by repealing paragraphs (e) and (f), and substituting the following paragraphs:
“(e) in any case not covered by paragraph (d), induces any person to sell, let, or give any other person into debt-bondage or serfdom; or
“(f) builds, fits out, sells, purchases, transfers, lets, hires, uses, provides with personnel, navigates, or serves on board any ship or aircraft for any of the purposes in paragraphs (a) to (e); or”.
(2) Section 98(2) of the principal Act is amended by adding the following definition:
“slave includes, without limitation, a person subject to debt-bondage or serfdom.”
4 New section 149 substituted
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 149, and substituting the following section:
“149 Procuring for prostitution
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years who, for gain or reward, procures or agrees or offers to procure any person for the purposes of prostitution with any other person.”
5 New section 149A inserted
The principal Act is amended by inserting, after section 149, the following section:
“149A Being client in act of prostitution by person under 18 years of age
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“(1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years who is a client in an act of prostitution by a person under the age of 18 years.
“(2) It is a defence to a charge under this section if the person charged believed on reasonable grounds that the prostitute was of or over the age of 18 years.”
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Part 2
Amendment to Summary Proceedings Act 1957
6 Amendment to Schedule 1 of Summary Proceedings Act 1957
Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 is amended by inserting, after the item relating to section 149 of the Crimes Act 1961, the following item:
149A Being client in act of prostitution by person under 18 years of age
Legislative history | |
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| 1 August 2000 | Introduction (Bill 51-1) |
| 3 October 2000 | First reading and referral to Law and Order Committee |
| 10 November 2000 | Reported from Law and Order Committee |
| 28 February 2001 | Second reading |
| 1, 22 March 2001 | Committee of the whole House |
| 29 March 2001 | Third reading |
| 3 April 2001 | Royal assent |