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Crimes Act 1961
“Updating and combining laws about crimes and offences in New Zealand”
This law combines and updates the Crimes Act 1908 and some other laws made by the New Zealand Parliament. It deals with crimes and other offences. The act brings together different rules about illegal activities into one place, making it easier to understand and use. It also makes some changes to these rules to keep them up to date.
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or “This explains the name of the law, when it starts, and what parts it contains.”Crimes Act 1961
- Reprint as at:
- 2023-04-13
- Assent:
- 1961-11-01
- Commencement:
- see section 1(2)
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.