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13: Powers of courts under other Acts not affected
or “Courts can still use powers from other laws to decide punishments or make orders for people who break the law.”
You could also call this:

“This law used to explain how judges should say a death sentence, but it's not used anymore.”

This part of the law used to explain how a judge would give a death sentence. However, it has been removed from the Crimes Act 1961. The government took it out on 26 December 1989 when they made the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1989. This means that judges can no longer give death sentences in New Zealand.

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Next up: 15: Sentence of death not to be passed on pregnant woman

or “A rule that stopped judges from giving the death penalty to women who were expecting babies.”
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Part 2 Punishments
Death

14Form of sentence in capital cases (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 14: repealed, on , by section 3(1)(a) of the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1989 (1989 No 119).