Section 57 — Crimes Act 1961: Assertion of right to land or building

57 Assertion of right to land or building (1) Every one is justified in peaceably entering in the daytime on any land or building to the possession of which he, or some person under whose authority he acts, is lawfully entitled, for the purpose of taking possession thereof. (2) [Repealed] (3) [Repealed] Compare: 1908 No 32 s 83 Subsections (2) and (3) were repealed, as from 1 January 1981, by section 2(2) Crimes Amendment Act 1980 (1980 No 63).