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Crimes Act 1961
Version as at
6 November 2021
that act or omission shall be deemed to have taken place within New Zealand.
(3)
No charging document may be filed against any person over whom jurisdiction
is claimed by virtue of subsection (2) without the leave of the AttorneyGeneral.
(4)
Subsection (5) applies to any offence before a charging document may be filed
in respect of which the consent of the Attorney-General is required by subsec‐
tion (3).
(5)
Where any person is alleged to have committed an offence to which this sub‐
section applies,—
(a)
he or she may be arrested; or
(b)
a warrant for his or her arrest may be issued and executed,—
and he or she may be remanded in custody or on bail, notwithstanding that the
consent of the Attorney-General has not been obtained to the filing of a charg‐
ing document in respect of that offence; but no further proceedings shall be
taken until that consent has been obtained.
Section 8A: inserted, on 16 December 1983, by section 30 of the Foreign Affairs Act 1983 (1983
No 128).
Section 8A(1): replaced, on 1 December 1988, by section 14(1) of the Foreign Affairs Act 1988
(1988 No 159).
Section 8A(1)(a): amended, on 1 July 1993, pursuant to section 2(3) of the Foreign Affairs Amend‐
ment Act 1993 (1993 No 48).
Section 8A(1)(b): amended, on 1 July 1993, pursuant to section 2(3) of the Foreign Affairs Amend‐
ment Act 1993 (1993 No 48).
Section 8A(1)(c)(ii): amended, on 1 July 1993, pursuant to section 2(3) of the Foreign Affairs
Amendment Act 1993 (1993 No 48).
Section 8A(1)(c)(ii): amended, on 1 July 1993, by section 6(1) of the Foreign Affairs Amendment
Act 1993 (1993 No 48).
Section 8A(1)(c)(iii): amended, on 7 August 2020, by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020
(2020 No 40).
Section 8A(1)(c)(iii): amended, on 1 July 2003, by section 84 of the New Zealand Trade and Enter‐
prise Act 2003 (2003 No 27).
Section 8A(3): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011
(2011 No 85).
Section 8A(4): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011
(2011 No 85).
Section 8A(5): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011
(2011 No 85).
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Offences not to be punishable except under New Zealand Acts
(1)
No one shall be convicted of any offence at common law, or of any offence
against any Act of the Parliament of England or the Parliament of Great Britain
or the Parliament of the United Kingdom:
provided that—
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