Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2001
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2001
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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2001
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2001
Public Act |
2001 No 72 |
|
Date of assent |
26 September 2001 |
|
Commencement |
see section 2 |
Contents
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
1 Title
(1)
This Act is the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 2001.
(2)
In this Act, the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992 is called “the principal Act”
.
2 Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3 Limitations on requests by convention countries
Section 24A of the principal Act is amended by adding the following subsection:
“(7)
If a convention country requests assistance under this Part in accordance with a convention specified in Part 8 of Schedule 1, the request must relate to criminal matters arising from the commission or suspected commission of an offence that, if committed within the jurisdiction of New Zealand, would correspond to an offence against section 3 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1958.”
4 Further limitations on requests by convention countries
(1)
Section 24B(2)(b) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the words “or section 24A(6)”
, the words “or section 24A(7)”
.
(2)
Section 24B(3) of the principal Act is amended by inserting, after the words “or section 24A(6)”
, the words “or section 24A(7)”
.
5 New Part 8 added to Schedule 1
Schedule 1 of the principal Act is amended by adding the Part 8 set out in the Schedule.
Schedule New Part 8 added to Schedule 1 of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992
s 5
Part 8
The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, adopted at Geneva on 12 August 1949
The Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, adopted at Geneva on 12 August 1949
The Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, adopted at Geneva on 12 August 1949
The Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, adopted at Geneva on 12 August 1949 The Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, adopted at Geneva on 8 June 1977
Legislative history
20 September 2001 |
Divided from Statutes Amendment Bill (Bill 97–2), third reading |
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26 September 2001 |
Royal assent |
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Justice.
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