Criminal Justice Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975
Criminal Justice Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975
Criminal Justice Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975
Criminal Justice Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975
Public Act |
1975 No 67 |
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Date of assent |
9 October 1975 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Criminal Justice Act 1954
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice Amendment Act (No. 2) 1975, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Criminal Justice Act 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Warrant of commitment where punishment is imprisonment or detention, etc.
(1)
Section 50 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (1a) (as inserted by section 18(1) of the Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1975), and substituting the following subsection:
“(1a)
Every warrant issued under this section shall include a statement as to whether the offender was legally represented or not within the meaning of section 13a of this Act. If the offender was not legally represented the warrant shall state the way in which the requirements of the said section 13a have been satisfied.”
(2)
Section 18(1) of the Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1975 is hereby consequentially repealed.
This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.