Version as at
6 November 2021
Crimes Act 1961
Part 5 s 98
commander of any ship shall be read as a reference to the pilot in command of
an aircraft.
Compare: 1908 No 32 s 122
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Punishment of piratical acts
Every one who commits any piratical act—
(a)
shall upon conviction thereof be sentenced to imprisonment for life if, in
committing that act, he or she murders, attempts to murder, or does any
act likely to endanger the life of any person:
(b)
is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years in any other
case.
Compare: 1908 No 32 ss 122, 123
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Attempt to commit piracy
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who,
within or outside New Zealand, attempts to do any act amounting to piracy by
the law of nations.
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Conspiring to commit piracy
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who,
within or outside New Zealand, conspires with any other person to do any act
amounting to piracy by the law of nations.
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Accessory after the fact to piracy
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who,
within or outside New Zealand, is accessory after the fact to any act amounting
to piracy by the law of nations.
Slave dealing
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Dealing in slaves
(1)
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who,
within or outside New Zealand,—
(a)
sells, purchases, transfers, barters, lets, hires, or in any way whatsoever
deals with any person as a slave; or
(b)
employs or uses any person as a slave, or permits any person to be so
employed or used; or
(c)
detains, confines, imprisons, carries away, removes, receives, transports,
imports, or brings into any place whatsoever any person as a slave or to
be dealt with as a slave; or
(d)
induces any person to sell, let, or give himself or herself, or any other
person dependent on him or her or in his or her charge, as a slave; or
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