Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

 Plain Language Law homepage
Back to
145: Criminal nuisance
or “Doing something unsafe or not doing something important that could put people in danger is against the law.”
You could also call this:

“This old law made it illegal to have a place where people could meet for gay activities.”

This provision of the law is no longer in effect. It used to be part of the Crimes Act 1961 and was called ‘Keeping place of resort for homosexual acts’. It was listed under ‘Crimes against public welfare’. The government removed this section from the law on 8 August 1986. This means that whatever this section used to say, it’s not part of New Zealand law anymore.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

Next up: 147: Brothel-keeping

or “This law about running a place where people sell sex was removed and is no longer part of the rules.”
Next

Part 7 Crimes against morality and decency, sexual crimes, and crimes against public welfare
Crimes against public welfare

146Keeping place of resort for homosexual acts (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 146: repealed, on , by section 6(1) of the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 (1986 No 33).