s 4A
Crimes Act 1961
(c)
4A
Version as at
6 November 2021
having resided in New Zealand with the intention of establishing his or
her home therein, or with the intention of residing in New Zealand indef‐
initely, he or she is outside New Zealand but has an intention to return to
establish his or her home therein or to reside in New Zealand indefin‐
itely.
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1AA have
effect according to their terms.
Section 4A: inserted, on 12 March 2019, by section 9 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2019 (2019
No 4).
Part 1
Jurisdiction
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Application of Act
(1)
This Act applies to all offences for which the offender may be proceeded
against and tried in New Zealand.
(2)
This Act applies to all acts done or omitted in New Zealand.
Compare: 1908 No 32 s 3
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Persons not to be tried in respect of things done outside New Zealand
Subject to the provisions of section 7, no act done or omitted outside New Zea‐
land is an offence, unless it is an offence by virtue of any provision of this Act
or of any other enactment.
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Place of commission of offence
For the purpose of jurisdiction, where any act or omission forming part of any
offence, or any event necessary to the completion of any offence, occurs in
New Zealand, the offence shall be deemed to be committed in New Zealand,
whether the person charged with the offence was in New Zealand or not at the
time of the act, omission, or event.
Compare: 1908 No 32 s 4
7A
Extraterritorial jurisdiction in respect of certain offences with
transnational aspects
(1)
Even if the acts or omissions alleged to constitute the offence occurred wholly
outside New Zealand, proceedings may be brought for any offence against this
Act committed in the course of carrying out a terrorist act (within the meanings
of those terms or expressions in sections 5 and 5A of the Terrorism Suppres‐
sion Act 2002) or an offence against section 98AA, section 98A, section 98C,
section 98D, any of sections 100 to 104, section 105(2), section 116, section
117, section 207A, section 243, section 298A, or section 298B—
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