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Crimes Act
Parliament of New Zealand
Long title/ Purpose	An Act to consolidate and amend the Crimes Act 1908 and certain other enactments of the Parliament of New Zealand relating to crimes and other offences
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Dates
Date passed	1961
Date of Royal Assent	1 November 1961
Commencement	1 January 1962
Other legislation
Amendments	Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007 Crimes Amendment Act (No 2) 2008
Status: Current legislation

The Crimes Act 1961 is an Act of the Parliament of New Zealand administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Amendments

The Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986 amended the Crimes Act, allowing for consensual homosexual relationships between men.

The Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007, commonly known as the "anti-smacking bill", attracted a large amount of controversy before being passed in 2007.

See also

• Crime in New Zealand
• Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004
• List of Statutes of New Zealand

External links

• Crimes Act 1961 - text of the Act