New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) A request for assistance under this Part may be made by—
(a) Any prescribed foreign country:
(b) Subject to section 24A and section 24B, any convention country:
(c) Subject to section 25A, any foreign country—
(i) That is not a prescribed foreign country or a convention country; or
(ii) That is a prescribed foreign country but where the request is not made in that capacity; or
(iii) That is a convention country but where the request is not made in that capacity.
(2) This section is subject to any regulations made under this Act.
(3) Despite subsection (1), no request for assistance under this Part made in accordance with the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances may be dealt with before a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
Section 24 was substituted, and section 24A was inserted, as from 1 March 1999, by section 3 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 15). See clause 2 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 1998 Commencement Order 1999 (SR 1999/10).
Subsection (1)(b) was amended, as from 8 May 1999, by section 2 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 41) by inserting “and section 24B”
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