New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Every person commits an offence who breaches a protection order by—
(a) doing any act in contravention of the protection order; or
(b) failing to comply with any condition of the protection order.
(2) It is a defence in a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) if the defendant proves that he or she had a reasonable excuse for breaching the protection order.
(3) Every person who is convicted on indictment of an offence against this section is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
(4) To avoid doubt, a failure to comply with a direction made under section 32(1) or (2) to attend a specified programme is not a breach of a protection order under subsection (1)(b).
Section 49: substituted, on 28 October 2009, by section 7(1) of the Domestic Violence Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 43).