New Zealand Acts

ARMS ACT 1983 - SECT 55I

55I Attorney-General’s consent required

1 No charging document may be filed against any person in relation to an offence against section 55D, 55E, 55F, or 55G committed outside New Zealand unless the Attorney-General consents to the filing of the charging document.

2 A person alleged to have committed an offence against section 55D, 55E, 55F, or 55G may be arrested without a warrant or a warrant for their arrest may be issued and executed, and they may be remanded in custody or on bail, even though the consent of the Attorney-General has not yet been obtained under subsection (1), but no further or other proceedings may be taken until the consent has been obtained.

History: Section 55I: inserted, on 25 June 2020, by section 83 of the Arms Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 23).