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Copyright Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions - Copyright management information

227: Offence of fraudulently receiving programmes

You could also call this:

"It's an offence to dodge paying for TV programmes on purpose"

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You commit an offence if you receive a programme with the intention of avoiding payment. You can be fined up to $5,000 if you are found guilty. This applies to programmes provided from a place in New Zealand. If a company is found guilty, the directors and people in charge can also be guilty. This happens if they allowed or agreed to the offence, or if they knew about it and did not try to stop it. You can find more information by looking at the Copyright Act 1994 and other related laws.

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Part 11Miscellaneous provisions
Copyright management information

227Offence of fraudulently receiving programmes

  1. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 who, with intent to avoid payment of any charge applicable to the reception of a programme included in a communication work provided from a place in New Zealand, receives such a programme.

  2. Where any body corporate is convicted of an offence against this section, every director and every person concerned in the management of the body corporate shall be guilty of the offence if it is proved—

  3. that the act that constituted the offence took place with his or her authority, permission, or consent; and
    1. that he or she—
      1. knew, or could reasonably be expected to have known, that the offence was to be or was being committed; and
        1. failed to take all reasonable steps to prevent or stop it.

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        Notes
        • Section 227(1): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).
        • Section 227(1): amended, on , by section 91 of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 27).