New Zealand · Year 2 · Criminal Law
Crimes Act 1961
Homicide, defences and law reform.
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1.Crimes Act 1961 s 167?
Defines murder (e.g. meaning to cause death, or meaning to cause bodily injury known to be likely to cause death and reckless whether death ensues).
Crimes Act 1961, s 167
2.Crimes Act 1961 s 171?
Culpable homicide that is not murder is manslaughter.
Crimes Act 1961, s 171
3.Crimes Act 1961 s 48 — self-defence?
Everyone is justified in using, in defence of themselves or another, such force as, in the circumstances as they believe them to be, it is reasonable to use.
Crimes Act 1961, s 48
4.What happened to provocation in NZ?
The partial defence of provocation (s 169) was repealed by the Crimes (Provocation Repeal) Amendment Act 2009.
Crimes (Provocation Repeal) Amendment Act 2009
5.Age of criminal responsibility — ss 21 and 22?
No one can be convicted for an act done under age 10; aged 10–13, only if they knew the act was wrong or contrary to law.
Crimes Act 1961, ss 21–22
6.Crimes Act 1961 s 66?
Parties to offences: those who commit, aid, abet, incite, counsel or procure, and those with a common intention to prosecute an unlawful purpose.
Crimes Act 1961, s 66
7.Kaitamaki v R (1984) — held?
Rape (sexual intercourse) is a continuing act; continuing after realising there is no consent is rape.
[1985] AC 147 (PC)
8.What did the Abortion Legislation Act 2020 do?
It removed abortion from the Crimes Act and treated it as a health matter.
Abortion Legislation Act 2020
9.How did the End of Life Choice Act 2019 come into force?
It was approved in a binding referendum in 2020 and came into force on 7 November 2021.
End of Life Choice Act 2019