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Police Offences Amendment Act 1952

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Section 3 of principal Act (as to offences relating to good order) amended. Ibid., Vol. III, p. 725 Ibid., Vol. V, p. 743

Sunday entertainments lawful where approved by local authority. 1933, No. 30

Section 18 of principal Act (as to Sunday trading) amended.

Police Offences Amendment Act 1952

Public Act		1952 No 40
Date of assent		22 October 1952

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Section 3 of principal Act (as to offences relating to good order) amended. Ibid., Vol. III, p. 725 Ibid., Vol. V, p. 743
3	Sunday entertainments lawful where approved by local authority. 1933, No. 30
4	Section 18 of principal Act (as to Sunday trading) amended.

An Act to amend the Police Offences Act 1927.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the Police Offences Amendment Act 1952, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Police Offences Act 1927 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Section 3 of principal Act (as to offences relating to good order) amended. Ibid., Vol. III, p. 725 Ibid., Vol. V, p. 743

(1)

Section three of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:—

“(gg)

In or in view of any institution under the control of a Hospital Board, or any separate institution within the meaning of the Hospitals Act 1926, or any institution under the control of the Department of Health (including any public institution within the meaning of the Mental Defectives Act 1911), or within the hearing of any person in any such institution as aforesaid, wilfully behaves in a riotous, offensive, indecent, threatening, insulting, or disorderly manner or in a manner detrimental or likely to be detrimental to the orderly conduct, good management, or cleanliness of the institution, or wilfully uses any threatening, abusive, insulting, or indecent words, or wilfully strikes or fights with any other person.”

(2)

The said section three is hereby further amended by omitting the words “five pounds”, and substituting the words “ten pounds”.

3 Sunday entertainments lawful where approved by local authority. 1933, No. 30

(1)

Section eighteen of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection one, the following subsection:—

“(1a)

Nothing in subsection one of this section shall apply to any concert or entertainment held or given with the previous consent of any local authority, and in compliance with such conditions as it may impose, pursuant to section three hundred and thirteen of the Municipal Corporations Act 1933. For the purposes of this subsection,—

“(a)

The expression ‘local authority’ means any Borough Council, County Council, or Town Board, or the Road Board of any road district that is in a county in which the Counties Act 1920 is suspended or is not in force:

“(b)

Every local authority that is not a Borough Council shall have the powers of a Borough Council under the said section three hundred and thirteen, and the provisions of that section shall apply accordingly.”

Repeal. 21 Geo. III, ch. 49 (U.K.)

(2)

It is hereby declared that the Sunday Observance Act 1780 does not apply, and shall be deemed never to have applied, in New Zealand.

4 Section 18 of principal Act (as to Sunday trading) amended.

(1)

Section eighteen of the principal Act is hereby further amended by omitting from subsection three the words “or the sale of refreshments for consumption on the premises”, and by inserting, after the said subsection three, the following subsection:—

“(3a)

Nothing in subsection one or subsection two of this section shall apply to the sale of refreshments. Without limiting the ordinary meaning of the term ‘refreshments’, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this subsection that term includes meals, beverages other than intoxicating liquors, ice cream, and confectionery.”

(2)

The said section eighteen is hereby further amended by inserting, after subsection three A (as inserted by subsection one of this section), the following subsection:—

“(3b)

Nothing in subsection one or subsection two of this section shall apply to the sale of any fruit, vegetables, or flowers by the grower thereof if the sale is from the premises or place where they are grown.”

(3)

The said section eighteen is hereby further amended by omitting from subsection three the words “or in a motor garage”, and substituting the words “or to persons engaged in the work of a motor garage or service station or in the retail sale of motor spirits, petrol, or motor oils”.

Police Offences Amendment Act 1952