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88: Reading the Riot Act
or “A special rule about telling a group of people to stop causing trouble, which is no longer used.”
You could also call this:

“If people causing trouble in a group don't leave when told, they might get in trouble with the law.”

This section of the law about ‘Failure of rioters to disperse’ has been removed. It used to be part of the rules about ‘Unlawful assemblies, riots, and breaches of the peace’ in the Crimes Act 1961. The government took out this section on 12 March 1987. This means that this specific rule no longer applies in New Zealand law.

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or “People who break things during a big, noisy fight can get in trouble with the law.”
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Part 5 Crimes against public order
Unlawful assemblies, riots, and breaches of the peace

89Failure of rioters to disperse (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 89: repealed, on , by section 3 of the Crimes Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 1).