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400: Consent of Attorney-General to certain prosecutions
or “The Attorney-General must agree before someone can be charged for certain crimes that happen outside New Zealand or on foreign ships or planes.”
You could also call this:

“This rule about being rude or disrespectful in court doesn't exist anymore.”

This section of the law, called ‘Contempt of court’, used to be part of the Crimes Act 1961. However, it no longer exists. The government removed it on 1 July 2013. If you want to know more about contempt of court now, you might need to look at other, newer laws.

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or “This part talked about who pays for court stuff, but it's not used anymore.”
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Part 14 Miscellaneous provisions

401Contempt of court (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 401: repealed, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).