If you work with someone else to stop rates or taxes from being collected, you could go to prison. This applies when you use force or try to scare people to prevent the collection of rates or taxes that are allowed by law. The longest time you could spend in prison for doing this is 2 years. Remember, rates and taxes are money that the government or local councils are legally allowed to collect from people.
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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM330793.
308A: Discharging firearm to intimidate, or
“It's against the law to fire a gun to scare people, and you could go to jail for up to 5 years if you do this.”
310: Conspiring to commit offence, or
“If you plan with someone to break the law, you can get in trouble, even if you don't actually do it.”
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years who conspires with any other person by force or intimidation to prevent the collection of any rates or taxes the levying and collection of which is authorised by law.
