Section 105E — Crimes Act 1961: Exception for acts lawful in country of foreign public official

105E Exception for acts lawful in country of foreign public official (1) Sections 105C and 105D do not apply if the act that is alleged to constitute an offence under either of those sections— (a) was done outside New Zealand; and (b) was not, at the time of its commission, an offence under the laws of the foreign country in which the principal office of the person, organisation, or other body for whom the foreign public official is employed or otherwise provides services, is situated. (2) If a person is charged with an offence under section 105C or section 105D , it is to be presumed, unless the person charged puts the matter at issue, that the act was an offence under the laws of the foreign country referred to in subsection (1)(b) . Sections 105C to 105E were inserted, as from 3 May 2001, by section 8 Crimes (Bribery of Foreign Public Officials) Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 28).