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Crimes Amendment Act 1954

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Short Title.

Section 2 of principal Act amended.

Section 100 of principal Act (as to inciting to mutiny) amended.

Crimes Amendment Act 1954

Public Act		1954 No 29
Date of assent		23 September 1954

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Section 2 of principal Act amended.
3	Section 100 of principal Act (as to inciting to mutiny) amended.

An Act to amend the Crimes Act 1908.

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 Crimes Amendment Act 1954, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Crimes Act 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Section 2 of principal Act amended.

Section two of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the definition of the expression “convicted of a crime involving dishonesty”, and substituting the following definition:

“‘Convicted of a crime involving dishonesty’ means convicted, whether on indictment or summarily, of any of the crimes described in section two hundred and thirty-seven of this Act as crimes involving dishonesty, or sentenced in the Supreme Court in respect of any of those crimes:”.

3 Section 100 of principal Act (as to inciting to mutiny) amended.

Section one hundred of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “by sea or land”.

Crimes Amendment Act 1954