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Armed Forces Discipline Act 1971

Offences - Offences involving treachery, cowardice, and looting

27: Seduction from duty or allegiance

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"Trying to stop Armed Forces members from doing their job or being loyal"

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You commit an offence if you try to stop a member of the Armed Forces from doing their job or being loyal to His Majesty the King. This can happen if you are on a naval ship outside New Zealand or in a defence area outside New Zealand. You can get a prison sentence for life if you do this.

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Offences involving treachery, cowardice, and looting

27Seduction from duty or allegiance

  1. Every person commits an offence, and is liable to imprisonment for life, who, being on board a naval ship outside New Zealand or within a defence area outside New Zealand, seduces or endeavours to seduce a member of the Armed Forces from his duty or from his allegiance to His Majesty the King.

Notes
  • Section 27: editorial change made by the PCO, on , under sections 86(1) and 87(d) of the Legislation Act 2019 (2019 No 58).
  • Section 27: amended, on , by section 105(1) of the Defence Act 1990 (1990 No 28).
  • Section 27: amended, on , by section 13 of the Armed Forces Discipline Amendment Act 1985 (1985 No 199).