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64: Obedience to de facto law
or “You won't get in trouble for following rules made by people who are in charge, even if they're not officially the government.”
You could also call this:

“This law doesn't change other laws that let people be arrested or stopped.”

This law says that the Crimes Act 1961 doesn’t change or reduce any powers given by other laws to arrest people, keep them in custody, or limit their freedom in any way. If another law allows someone to do these things, this Act doesn’t stop them from doing it. This means that the powers given by other laws still work alongside the Crimes Act 1961.

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or “People who help or encourage others to do bad things can get in trouble too, just like the person who actually does the bad thing.”
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Part 3 Matters of justification or excuse
General provisions

65Other enactments not affected

  1. Nothing in this Act shall take away or diminish any authority given by any other enactment to arrest, detain, or put any restraint on any person.

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  • 1908 No 32 s 59