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355: Penalties: general
or “Penalties for breaking immigration laws in New Zealand”
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“Punishments for craft carriers and operators who break immigration rules”

If you are found guilty of breaking the rules in section 349, except for one specific part, you can face different punishments depending on your role.

If you are the carrier of a craft (like an airline or shipping company), you might have to go to prison for up to 3 months, pay a fine of up to $50,000, or both.

If you are the person in charge of a craft (like a captain or pilot), you might have to go to prison for up to 3 months, pay a fine of up to $25,000, or both.

There’s a special rule for one part of section 349(2)(b). If you break this rule, the punishments are a bit different:

If you are the carrier of a craft, you might have to go to prison for up to 3 months or pay a fine of up to $20,000.

If you are the person in charge of a craft, you might have to go to prison for up to 3 months or pay a fine of up to $10,000.

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Part 10 Offences, penalties, and proceedings
Penalties

356Penalties: carriers, and persons in charge, of craft

  1. A person convicted of an offence against section 349 (except section 349(2)(b)) is liable,—

  2. in the case of a carrier of a craft, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, a fine not exceeding $50,000, or both:
    1. in the case of a person in charge of a craft, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, a fine not exceeding $25,000, or both.

      1. A person convicted of an offence against section 349(2)(b) is liable,—

      2. in the case of a carrier of a craft, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $20,000:
        1. in the case of a person in charge of a craft, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

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