This Act may be cited as the Police Offences Amendment Act 1965, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Police Offences Act 1927 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Section 4 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (h) of subsection (1)

Section 18 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting in subsection (1), after the word “calling”, the words “for gain or reward”.

Section 18 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting in subsection (1a) (as substituted by section 452 of the Counties Act 1956), after the words “subsection (1)”, the words “or subsection (2)”.

Section 18 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by omitting from subsection (3) the words “employed in preparing, printing, and publishing a daily newspaper”, and substituting the words “engaged in preparing, printing, publishing, delivering, or selling a newspaper”.

Section 18 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by adding to subsection (3) (as amended by paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 4 of the Shops and Offices Act 1955) the words “or to any person engaged in taking photographs”.

Section 18 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by omitting from subsection (3b) (as inserted by section 4(2) of the Police Offences Amendment Act 1952) the words “or flowers”, and substituting the words “flowers, plants, shrubs, or trees or any part of a plant, shrub, or tree”.

The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 39.

The principal Act is hereby further amended by omitting from section 48 (as amended by subsection (1) of section 40 of the Criminal Justice Act 1954) the words “one year or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds”, and substituting the words “three months or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds”.

Section 65 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “Governor-General in Council” wherever they occur, and substituting in each case the words “Minister of Internal Affairs”.

Section 77 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “twenty pounds”, and substituting the words “one hundred pounds.”

The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 78, section 80, sections 82 to 84, and subsection (2) of section 86.