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Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 1996

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Maximum penalty on summary conviction for indictable offence

Defendant may plead guilty before or during preliminary hearing

If evidence sufficient defendant may be committed for trial or sentence

Certain hearings to be conducted by Judge

Reprint
as at 29 June 2009

Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 1996

Public Act	1996 No 146
Date of assent	2 September 1996

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.

Contents

2 Maximum penalty on summary conviction for indictable offence

3 Defendant may plead guilty before or during preliminary hearing [Repealed]

4 If evidence sufficient defendant may be committed for trial or sentence

5 Certain hearings to be conducted by Judge [Repealed]

An Act to amend the Summary Proceedings Act 1957

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 1996, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Maximum penalty on summary conviction for indictable offence

(1) This section substituted section 7 of the principal Act.

(2) Section 5(1) of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1980 is hereby consequentially repealed.

3 Defendant may plead guilty before or during preliminary hearing

[Repealed]

Section 3: repealed, on 29 June 2009, by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).

4 If evidence sufficient defendant may be committed for trial or sentence

(1) [Repealed]

(2) [Repealed]

(3) [Repealed]

(4) The repeal, by subsection (3) of this section, of section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act 1995 does not affect the validity of anything validated by subsection (2) of that section.

Section 4(1): repealed, on 29 June 2009, by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).

Section 4(2): repealed, on 29 June 2009, by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).

Section 4(3): repealed, on 29 June 2009, by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).

5 Certain hearings to be conducted by Judge

[Repealed]

Section 5: repealed, on 29 June 2009, by section 17 of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41).

Contents

1General
2About this eprint
3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)

Notes

1 General

This is an eprint of the Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 1996. It incorporates all the amendments to the Act as at 29 June 2009. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.

2 About this eprint

This eprint has not been officialised. For more information about officialisation, please see “Making online legislation official” under “Status of legislation on this site” in the About section of this website.

3 List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)

Summary Proceedings Amendment Act (No 2) 2008 (2008 No 41): section 17