New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Every person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $4,000 who assaults any constable, or any prison officer, or any traffic officer, acting in the execution of his duty.
Compare: 1927 No 35 s 77A(1); 1974 No 134 s 2(1)
Section 10 was amended, as from 1 January 1998, by section 7 Summary Offences Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 97) by substituting the expression “$4,000”
for the expression “$2,000”
.