Terrorists or Criminals?
From the Crimes Act:
Section 145 - Criminal nuisance
1) Every one commits criminal nuisance who does any unlawful act or omits to discharge any legal duty, such act or omission being one which he knew would endanger the lives, safety, or health of the public, or the life, safety, or health of any individual.
2) Every one who commits criminal nuisance is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
Section 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 person in New Zealand, when that murder is not in fact committed.
Section 310- Conspiring to commit offence
1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, every one who conspires with any person to commit any offence, or to do or omit, in any part of the world, anything of which the doing or omission in New Zealand would be an offence, is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years if the maximum punishment for that offence exceeds 7 years' imprisonment, and in any other case is liable to the same punishment as if he had committed that offence.
2) This section shall not apply where a punishment for the conspiracy is otherwise expressly prescribed by this Act or by some other enactment.
3) Where under this section any one is charged with conspiring to do or omit anything anywhere outside New Zealand, it is a defence to prove that the doing or omission of the act to which the conspiracy relates was not an offence under the law of the place where it was, or was to be, done or omitted.
From the Terrorism Suppression Act:
Section 12, Recruiting members of terrorist groups
1) A person commits an offence who recruits another person as a member of a group or organisation, knowing that the group or organisation is—
(a)an entity that is for the time being designated under this Act as a terrorist entity; or
(b)an entity that carries out, or participates in the carrying out of, 1 or more terrorist acts.
2) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.
Section 13 Participating in terrorist groups
1) A person commits an offence who participates in a group or organisation for the purpose stated in subsection (2), knowing that the group or organisation is—
(a)an entity that is for the time being designated under this Act as a terrorist entity; or
(b)an entity that carries out, or participates in the carrying out of, 1 or more terrorist acts.
2) The purpose referred to in subsection (1) is to enhance the ability of any entity (being an entity of the kind referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b)) to carry out, or to participate in the carrying out of, 1 or more terrorist acts.
3) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.
Section 145 - Criminal nuisance
1) Every one commits criminal nuisance who does any unlawful act or omits to discharge any legal duty, such act or omission being one which he knew would endanger the lives, safety, or health of the public, or the life, safety, or health of any individual.
2) Every one who commits criminal nuisance is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.
Section 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 person in New Zealand, when that murder is not in fact committed.
Section 310- Conspiring to commit offence
1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, every one who conspires with any person to commit any offence, or to do or omit, in any part of the world, anything of which the doing or omission in New Zealand would be an offence, is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years if the maximum punishment for that offence exceeds 7 years' imprisonment, and in any other case is liable to the same punishment as if he had committed that offence.
2) This section shall not apply where a punishment for the conspiracy is otherwise expressly prescribed by this Act or by some other enactment.
3) Where under this section any one is charged with conspiring to do or omit anything anywhere outside New Zealand, it is a defence to prove that the doing or omission of the act to which the conspiracy relates was not an offence under the law of the place where it was, or was to be, done or omitted.
From the Terrorism Suppression Act:
Section 12, Recruiting members of terrorist groups
1) A person commits an offence who recruits another person as a member of a group or organisation, knowing that the group or organisation is—
(a)an entity that is for the time being designated under this Act as a terrorist entity; or
(b)an entity that carries out, or participates in the carrying out of, 1 or more terrorist acts.
2) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.
Section 13 Participating in terrorist groups
1) A person commits an offence who participates in a group or organisation for the purpose stated in subsection (2), knowing that the group or organisation is—
(a)an entity that is for the time being designated under this Act as a terrorist entity; or
(b)an entity that carries out, or participates in the carrying out of, 1 or more terrorist acts.
2) The purpose referred to in subsection (1) is to enhance the ability of any entity (being an entity of the kind referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b)) to carry out, or to participate in the carrying out of, 1 or more terrorist acts.
3) A person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.
posted by Michael at
7:13 PM
2 Comments:
So basically, all the Terrorism Suppression Act does is enable the government to arbitrarily designate anyone they like a "terrorist", and imprison them for something that was already illegal, but for life instead of a fixed term.
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Richard, at 10:29 AM
If the laws covering violence and nuisance aren't strong enough, then they are the laws that need toughening.
Calling someone a Terrorist (which has not been the case of those arrested last month) gives them some justification - in all cases, 'Terrorists' are just stupid, violent thugs.
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Michael, at 5:02 PM
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