Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

• Jurisdiction: New Zealand
• Citation: 1992 No 86
• Reference: 1992 No 86
• Record Number: DLM273056
• Act Number: 86
• Type of Document: Act

Contenidos

• Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992
• Preamble
• Contents
• 1 Short Title and commencement
• Part 1
• 2 Interpretation
• 2A Certain investigations relating to civil proceedings deemed to be criminal investigations
• 2B Certain civil proceedings deemed to be criminal proceedings
• 3 Act to bind the Crown
• 4 Object of Act
• 5 Act not to limit other provision of assistance
• 6 Act not authority for extradition of any person
• Part 2
• 7 Application of this Part
• 8 Requests to be made by Attorney-General
• 9 Assistance in locating or identifying persons
• 10 Assistance in obtaining evidence
• 11 Assistance in obtaining evidence for use in New Zealand court
• 12 Assistance in arranging attendance of person
• 13 Certificate that attendance required
• 14 Penalty not to be imposed for refusal to consent
• 15 Custody of foreign prisoners
• 16 Release of foreign prisoner upon request by foreign country
• 17 Immunities and privileges
• 18 Limitation on use of evidence
• 19 Assistance in serving documents
• 20 Assistance in obtaining article or thing
• 21 Request to enforce orders under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009
• 22 Request to issue warrant or order in foreign country
• 23 Restriction on use of evidence
• Part 3
• 24 Application of this Part
• 24A Limitations on requests by convention countries
• 24B Further limitations on requests by convention countries
• 25 Requests to be made to Attorney-General
• 25A Ad hoc requests for assistance
• 26 Form of request
• 27 Refusal of assistance
• 28 Notification of refusal
• 29 Assistance may be provided subject to conditions
• 30 Assistance in locating or identifying persons
• 31 Assistance in obtaining evidence in New Zealand
• 32 Further provisions relating to obtaining evidence
• 33 Protection of witnesses
• 34 Certain persons entitled to appear and be legally represented at proceedings
• 35 Powers of Judge may be exercised by Registrar
• 36 Evidence Act 2006 not affected
• 37 Assistance in arranging attendance of person to give or provide evidence or assistance in relation to criminal matter in foreign country
• 38 Assistance in arranging attendance of prisoner in foreign country for specified purposes
• 39 Undertakings required from foreign country
• 40 Penalty not to be imposed for refusal to consent
• 41 Effect of removal to foreign country on prisoner’s term of imprisonment
• 41A Effect of transfer to foreign country pursuant to request under section 38 on remand prisoner’s sentence
• 41B Information about time remand prisoner spent in custody overseas pursuant to request under section 38
• 42 Custody of persons in transit
• 43 Assistance in obtaining article or thing by search and seizure
• 44 Search warrants
• 45 Form and content of search warrant
• 46 Powers conferred by warrant
• 46A Power to stop vehicles
• 47 Person executing warrant to produce evidence of authority
• 48 Notice of execution of warrant
• 49 Custody and disposal of things seized
• 50 Attorney-General to provide certificate as to search and seizure
• 51 Assistance in arranging service
• 52 Undertaking required from foreign country
• 53 Penalty not to be imposed for failure to comply with summons
• 54 Request to enforce foreign restraining order
• 55 Request to enforce foreign forfeiture order
• 56 Method for registering foreign orders in New Zealand
• 57 Effect of registering foreign orders in New Zealand
• 58 Cancelling registration of foreign orders in New Zealand
• 59 Request for search warrant in New Zealand
• 60 Interim foreign restraining order
• 61 Request for production order in New Zealand
• 62 Request for examination order in New Zealand
• Part 4
• 63 Authentication of documents
• 64 Certificates given by Attorney-General
• 64A Certificates relating to convention countries
• 64B Amendment of Schedule 1
• 65 Regulations
• Schedules
• 1 Limitations on requests by convention countries
• 1 General
• 2 Legal status
• 3 Editorial and format changes
• 4 Amendments incorporated in this consolidation

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992

The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

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