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Schedule 4: United Kingdom enactments ceasing to have effect in New Zealand
or “Old UK laws that no longer apply in New Zealand”
You could also call this:

“List of old New Zealand laws cancelled by the Crimes Act 1961”

This schedule lists the New Zealand laws that are no longer in effect because of the Crimes Act 1961. It’s like a big eraser that rubbed out old rules to make way for new ones.

The list includes many different types of laws. Some of these old laws dealt with how to understand other laws, punishments for crimes, and rules about what’s right and wrong. Others were about young people, juries, prisons, and police.

There are also some laws on this list that changed other laws. These are called “Amendment Acts”. When the Crimes Act 1961 came into effect, it replaced all of these older laws, making sure everyone follows the same, up-to-date rules.

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5New Zealand enactments repealed

  • Acts Interpretation Act 1924 (1924 No 11) (1957 Reprint, Vol 1, p 18)
  • Capital Punishment Act 1950 (1950 No 81) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 450)
  • Crimes Act 1908 (1908 No 32) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 249)
  • Crimes Amendment Act 1920 (1920 No 15) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 436)
  • Crimes Amendment Act 1922 (1922 No 35) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 436)
  • Crimes Amendment Act 1941 (1941 No 10) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 438)
  • Crimes Amendment Act 1950 (1950 No 83) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 451)
  • Crimes Amendment Act 1952 (1952 No 42) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 452)
  • Crimes Amendment Act 1954 (1954 No 29) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 454)
  • Criminal Appeal Act 1945 (1945 No 23) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 439)
  • Criminal Justice Act 1954 (1954 No 50) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 455)
  • Criminal Justice Amendment Act 1955 (1955 No 68) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 495)
  • Indecent Publications Act 1910 (1910 No 19) (1957 Reprint, Vol 6, p 382)
  • Infants Act 1908 (1908 No 86) (1957 Reprint, Vol 6, p 598)
  • Juries Act 1908 (1908 No 90) (1957 Reprint, Vol 6, p 745)
  • Offences at Sea Act 1953 (1953 No 120) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 453)
  • Penal Institutions Act 1954 (1954 No 51) (1957 Reprint, Vol 11, p 690)
  • Police Offences Act 1927 (1927 No 35) (1957 Reprint, Vol 12, p 1)
  • Police Offences Amendment Act (No 2) 1952 (1952 No 43) (1957 Reprint, Vol 12, pp 51, 54, 80)
  • Police Offences Amendment Act 1956 (1956 No 57) (1957 Reprint, Vol 12, p 82)
  • Police Offences Amendment Act 1958 (1958 No 87)
  • Statutes Amendment Act 1936 (1936 No 58) (1957 Reprint, Vol 2, pp 27, 46; Vol 3, pp 414, 415, 435, 437)
  • Statutes Amendment Act 1937 (1937 No 38) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, pp 412, 438)
  • Statutes Amendment Act 1945 (1945 No 40) (1957 Reprint, Vol 6, pp 762, 799)
  • Statutes Amendment Act 1946 (1946 No 40) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 449)
  • Statutes Amendment Act 1948 (1948 No 77) (1957 Reprint, Vol 3, p 450)
  • Summary Proceedings Act 1957 (1957 No 87) (1957 Reprint, Vol 15, p 406)