Crimes Act 1961
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 149A — Being client in act of prostitution by person under 18 years of age
149A Being client in act of prostitution by person under 18 years of age [Repealed] Section 149A was inserted, as from 4 April 2001, by section 5 Crimes Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 9). Sections 147…
Section 150 — Misconduct in respect of human remains
150 Misconduct in respect of human remains Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years who— (a) Neglects to perform any duty imposed on him by law or undertaken by him with…
Section 150A — Standard of care required of persons under legal duties
150A Standard of care required of persons under legal duties (1) This section applies in respect of the legal duties specified in any of sections 151 , 152 , 153 , 155 , 156 , and 157 . (2) For the…
Section 151 — Duty to provide the necessaries of life
151 Duty to provide the necessaries of life (1) Every one who has charge of any other person unable, by reason of detention, age, sickness, insanity, or any other cause, to withdraw himself from such…
Section 152 — Duty of parent or guardian to provide necessaries
152 Duty of parent or guardian to provide necessaries (1) Every one who as a parent or person in place of a parent is under a legal duty to provide necessaries for any child under the age of 16…
Section 153 — Duty of employers to provide necessaries
153 Duty of employers to provide necessaries (1) Every one who as employer has contracted to provide necessary food, clothing, or lodging for any servant or apprentice under the age of 16 years is…
Section 154 — Abandoning child under 6
154 Abandoning child under 6 Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who unlawfully abandons or exposes any child under the age of 6 years. Compare: 1908 No 32 s 169
Section 155 — Duty of persons doing dangerous acts
155 Duty of persons doing dangerous acts Every one who undertakes (except in case of necessity) to administer surgical or medical treatment, or to do any other lawful act the doing of which is or may…
Section 156 — Duty of persons in charge of dangerous things
156 Duty of persons in charge of dangerous things Every one who has in his charge or under his control anything whatever, whether animate or inanimate, or who erects, makes, operates, or maintains…
Section 157 — Duty to avoid omissions dangerous to life
157 Duty to avoid omissions dangerous to life Every one who undertakes to do any act the omission to do which is or may be dangerous to life is under a legal duty to do that act, and is criminally…
Section 158 — Homicide defined
158 Homicide defined Homicide is the killing of a human being by another, directly or indirectly, by any means whatsoever. Compare: 1908 No 32 s 173
Section 159 — Killing of a child
159 Killing of a child (1) A child becomes a human being within the meaning of this Act when it has completely proceeded in a living state from the body of its mother, whether it has breathed or not,…
Section 160 — Culpable homicide
160 Culpable homicide (1) Homicide may be either culpable or not culpable. (2) Homicide is culpable when it consists in the killing of any person— (a) By an unlawful act; or (b) By an omission…
Section 161 — Procuring death by false evidence
161 Procuring death by false evidence [Repealed] Section 161 was repealed, as from 26 December 1989, by section 3(1)(a) Abolition of the Death Penalty Act 1989 (1989 No 119).
Section 162 — Death must be within a year and a day
162 Death must be within a year and a day (1) No one is criminally responsible for the killing of another unless the death takes place within a year and a day after the cause of death. (2) The period…
Section 163 — Killing by influence on the mind
163 Killing by influence on the mind No one is criminally responsible for the killing of another by any influence on the mind alone, except by wilfully frightening a child under the age of 16 years…
Section 164 — Acceleration of death
164 Acceleration of death Every one who by any act or omission causes the death of another person kills that person, although the effect of the bodily injury caused to that person was merely to…
Section 165 — Causing death that might have been prevented
165 Causing death that might have been prevented Every one who by any act or omission causes the death of another person kills that person, although death from that cause might have been prevented by…
Section 166 — Causing injury the treatment of which causes death
166 Causing injury the treatment of which causes death Every one who causes to another person any bodily injury, in itself of a dangerous nature, from which death results, kills that person, although…
Section 167 — Murder defined
167 Murder defined Culpable homicide is murder in each of the following cases: (a) If the offender means to cause the death of the person killed: (b) If the offender means to cause to the person…
Section 168 — Further definition of murder
168 Further definition of murder (1) Culpable homicide is also murder in each of the following cases, whether the offender means or does not mean death to ensue, or knows or does not know that death…
Section 169 — Provocation
169 Provocation (1) Culpable homicide that would otherwise be murder may be reduced to manslaughter if the person who caused the death did so under provocation. (2) Anything done or said may be…
Section 170 — Illegal arrest may be evidence of provocation
170 Illegal arrest may be evidence of provocation An illegal arrest shall not necessarily reduce the offence from murder to manslaughter; but if the illegality was known to the offender it may be…
Section 171 — Manslaughter
171 Manslaughter Except as provided in section 178 of this Act, culpable homicide not amounting to murder is manslaughter. Compare: 1908 No 32 s 186
Section 172 — Punishment of murder
172 Punishment of murder (1) Every one who commits murder is liable to imprisonment for life. (2) Subsection (1) is subject to section 102 of the Sentencing Act 2002 . Section 172 was substituted, as…
Section 173 — Attempt to murder
173 Attempt to murder (1) Every one who attempts to commit murder is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years. (2) [Repealed] Compare: 1908 No 32 s 188 Subsection (2) was inserted, as…
Section 174 — Counselling or attempting to procure murder
174 Counselling or attempting to procure murder Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who incites, counsels, or attempts to procure any person to murder any other…
Section 175 — Conspiracy to murder
175 Conspiracy to murder (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who conspires or agrees with any person to murder any other person, whether the murder is to take…
Section 176 — Accessory after the fact to murder
176 Accessory after the fact to murder Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who is an accessory after the fact to murder. Compare: 1908 No 32 s 190
Section 177 — Punishment of manslaughter
177 Punishment of manslaughter (1) Every one who commits manslaughter is liable to imprisonment for life. (2) [Repealed] (3) [Repealed] (4) [Repealed] Compare: 1908 No 32 s 191 Subsections (2) to (4)…
Section 178 — Infanticide
178 Infanticide (1) Where a woman causes the death of any child of hers under the age of 10 years in a manner that amounts to culpable homicide, and where at the time of the offence the balance of…
Section 179 — Aiding and abetting suicide
179 Aiding and abetting suicide Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who— (a) Incites, counsels, or procures any person to commit suicide, if that person commits or…
Section 180 — Suicide pact
180 Suicide pact (1) Every one who in pursuance of a suicide pact kills any other person is guilty of manslaughter and not of murder, and is liable accordingly. (2) Where 2 or more persons enter into…
Section 181 — Concealing dead body of child
181 Concealing dead body of child Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years who disposes of the dead body of any child in any manner with intent to conceal the fact of its…
Section 182 — Killing unborn child
182 Killing unborn child (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who causes the death of any child that has not become a human being in such a manner that he would…
Section 182A — Miscarriage defined
182A Miscarriage defined For the purposes of sections 183 to 187 of this Act the term miscarriage means— (a) The destruction or death of an embryo or fetus after implantation; or (b) The premature…
Section 183 — Procuring abortion by any means
183 Procuring abortion by any means (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who, with intent to procure the miscarriage of any woman or girl, whether she is pregnant…
Section 184 — Procuring abortion by other means
184 Procuring abortion by other means [Repealed] Section 184 was repealed, as from 16 December 1977, by section 4 Crimes Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 113).
Section 185 — Female procuring her own miscarriage
185 Female procuring her own miscarriage [Repealed] Section 185 was repealed, as from 16 December 1977, by section 5 Crimes Amendment Act 1977 (1977 No 113).
Section 186 — Supplying means of procuring abortion
186 Supplying means of procuring abortion Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who unlawfully supplies or procures any poison or any drug or any noxious thing, or any…
Section 187 — Effectiveness of means used immaterial
187 Effectiveness of means used immaterial The provisions of section 183 to 186 of this Act shall apply whether or not the poison, drug, thing, instrument, or means administered, taken, used,…
Section 187A — Meaning of unlawfully
187A Meaning of unlawfully (1) For the purposes of sections 183 and 186 of this Act, any act specified in either of those sections is done unlawfully unless, in the case of a pregnancy of not more…
Section 188 — Wounding with intent
188 Wounding with intent (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to any one, wounds, maims, disfigures, or causes…
Section 189 — Injuring with intent
189 Injuring with intent (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years who, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to any one, injures any person. (2) Every one is…
Section 190 — Injuring by unlawful act
190 Injuring by unlawful act Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who injures any other person in such circumstances that if death had been caused he would have been…
Section 191 — Aggravated wounding or injury
191 Aggravated wounding or injury (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who with intent— (a) To commit or facilitate the commission of any crime; or (b) To avoid…
Section 192 — Aggravated assault
192 Aggravated assault (1) Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who assaults any other person with intent— (a) To commit or facilitate the commission of any crime; or…
Section 193 — Assault with intent to injure
193 Assault with intent to injure Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who, with intent to injure any one, assaults any person.
Section 194 — Assault on a child, or by a male on a female
194 Assault on a child, or by a male on a female Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years who— (a) Assaults any child under the age of 14 years; or (b) Being a male,…
Section 195 — Cruelty to a child
195 Cruelty to a child Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years who, having the custody, control, or charge of any child under the age of 16 years, wilfully ill-treats or…