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Crimes Act 1961

Crimes against rights of property - Arson, damage, and waste

303: Interfering with signals, etc

You could also call this:

“This law about messing with important signs or signals doesn't exist anymore.”

This law used to be about interfering with signals, but it no longer exists. The government removed it from the Crimes Act 1961 on 1 October 2003. If you want to know more about why this change happened, you can look at section 15 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2003.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM330778.

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Part 10 Crimes against rights of property
Arson, damage, and waste

303Interfering with signals, etc (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 303: repealed, on , by section 15 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 39).