Offenders Probation Amendment Act 1930
Offenders Probation Amendment Act 1930
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Offenders Probation Amendment Act 1930
Public Act |
1930 No 13 |
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Date of assent |
11 October 1930 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Offenders Probation Act, 1920.
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 Offenders Probation Amendment Act, 1930, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Offenders Probation Act, 1920 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Section 9 of principal Act (enabling Court to prohibit publication of names of accused persons) amended.
Section nine of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following as subsections two and three thereof:—
“(2)
In no case in which the publication of any person’s name is prohibited under this section shall it be lawful to publish the name of such person, or any other name or particulars likely to lead to the identification of such person.
“(3)
Every person who commits a breach of the last preceding subsection shall be guilty of contempt of Court, and shall be liable accordingly, and, in addition, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred pounds.”
3 Section 10 of principal Act (as to conditions of release) amended.
Section ten of the principal Act is hereby amended as follows:—
(a)
By inserting in subsection two, after the words “or some portion of the same,”
the words “and such sum (if any) as the Court may direct by way of satisfaction or compensation for any loss suffered by any person through or by means of his offence”
; and
(b)
By adding the following as subsection four thereof:—
“(4)
On the recommendation of a Probation Officer the Chief Probation Officer may at any time and from time to time extend for such period as he thinks fit the time allowed by the Court for payment of any moneys payable under the conditions of a probationary license.”
4 Discharge on expiry of term of probation.
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this section, every person released on probation shall, at the expiration of the term of his probation, be deemed to be discharged in like manner as if he had been sentenced and had served the term of the sentence.
(2)
In any case where, under the conditions of his probationary license, any person is required to pay the costs of his prosecution, or any portion thereof, or any other moneys, such probationary license shall remain in force until all such moneys have been paid, notwithstanding the expiry of the period of probation fixed by the Court:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply in any case where an order of discharge is made by the Prisons Board under section twelve of the principal Act.
Repeal.
(3)
This section is in substitution for section eleven of the principal Act, and that section is hereby accordingly repealed.
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Offenders Probation Amendment Act 1930
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