Section 343 — Immigration Act 2009: Aiding and abetting

343 Aiding and abetting (1) Every person commits an offence against this Act who,— (a) for a material benefit, aids, abets, incites, counsels, or procures any other person to be or to remain unlawfully in New Zealand or to breach any condition of a visa granted to the other person; or (b) whether in or outside New Zealand, and whether or not the other person in fact enters New Zealand, aids, abets, incites, counsels, or procures any other person to unlawfully enter New Zealand (by arriving in New Zealand in a manner that does not comply with section 103 or by arriving in New Zealand without holding a visa where the other person requires a visa to travel to New Zealand),— (i) knowing that the other person’s entry into New Zealand is or would be unlawful; or (ii) being reckless as to whether the other person’s entry into New Zealand is or would be unlawful; or (c) whether in or outside New Zealand, aids, abets, incites, counsels, or procures any other person to complete a document in a manner that the person aiding or assisting knows to be false or misleading in any particular, being a document required for the purposes of— (i) section 98 or 103 ; or (ii) any application or request (whether by that person or by another person) for a visa or entry permission, or any expression of interest in a visa; or (iii) any request for variation, waiver, or cancellation of the conditions of a visa; or (iv) any appeal or application in the nature of an appeal to the Minister or the Tribunal; or (d) aids, abets, incites, counsels, or procures any other person to be or to remain unlawfully in New Zealand or to breach any condition of a visa granted to the other person under this Act. (2) In subsection (1)(a), for a material benefit has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Crimes Act 1961. Compare: 1987 No 74 s 142(1)(ea), (eb), (ec), (f)