crimes act Archive

  • Keith Locke

    Claim of right defence being restricted after Government lose case - by Keith Locke



    One of the problems with bills amending the Crimes Act is that they sometimes contain disparate provisions, some of which we support, others we oppose. The Greens voted against the Crimes Amendment Bill (No 2) at its first reading last night, particularly because it effectively removes the defence of ‘claim of right’ that was successfully [...] read more
    May 11, 2011 11:31 am - 2 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    Green law is helping to keep children safe - by Metiria Turei



    It was great to see the Ministry of Social Development report released yesterday confirming that our law to help keep children safe is working. read more
    November 12, 2009 12:11 pm - 26 Comments
  • frog

    4 ways to smack - by frog



    John Caldwell has taken the seemingly unusual step of reading the child discipline laws in the Crimes Act before rushing to comment on the section 59 amendment petition and referendum. Thus his commentary in The Press yesterday morning [off line] is enlightening.  It seems we do not currently have an anti-smacking law but a law [...] read more
    August 27, 2008 6:46 am - 36 Comments
  • frog

    Euphemisms - by frog



    It’s funny the debate was meant to be about removing a defence against the criminal assault of children.  But opponents didn’t like that language so instead we spent a lot of time talking about “smacking”.  Now we’re being subjected to a further amendment of language away from the actual legal definition of what we are [...] read more
    August 25, 2008 10:34 am - 60 Comments