New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Every person is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000 who, without reasonable excuse, has in his possession any instrument capable of being used for burglary in circumstances that prima facie show an intention to use it for burglary.
Compare: 1952 No 35 s 52(1)(f); 1961 No 43 s 244(1)(a), (b)
Section 14 was amended, as from 1 January 1998, by section 7 Summary Offences Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 97) by substituting the expression “$2,000”
for the expression “$1,000”
.