Evidence. Making an Arrest. THE LEGISLATION REFERENCE SHEET.
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The following Acts and sections are the foundation of this process. Research the specific provisions relevant to your situation.
CRIMES ACT 1961.
Section 35. Arrest of those found committing offences.
Section 37. Arrest after commission of certain crimes.
Section 105. Corruption and bribery of an official.
Section 107. Contravention of statute.
Section 116. Conspiring to defeat justice.
Section 240. Obtaining by deception or causing loss by deception.
Section 316. Duty of those making an arrest.
POLICING ACT 2008.
Section 9. Functions of the Police. Includes the duty to maintain public safety and enforce the law.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2011.
Section 14. Private prosecutions by living men and women.
NEW ZEALAND BILL OF RIGHTS ACT 1990.
Section 22. Liberty of the man or woman.
Section 23. Rights of men and women arrested or detained.
Section 27. Right to justice.
LATIN MAXIM REFERENCE.
Fraus omnia vitiat. Fraud vitiates everything. Where fraud is established at the foundation of any process or instrument that process or instrument is void from the beginning.