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Reprint as at 1 October 2008

Maritime Crimes Act 1999

Public Act	1999 No 56
Date of assent	20 May 1999
Commencement	see section 1(2)

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Contents

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Interpretation

3 Act does not apply to certain ships

Crimes relating to ships and fixed platforms

4 Crimes relating to ships

5 Crimes relating to fixed platforms

6 Further provisions relating to crimes against sections 4 and 5

7 Penalties for crimes against sections 4 and 5

Jurisdiction and application provisions

8 Extra-territorial jurisdiction in respect of crimes relating to ships

9 Extra-territorial jurisdiction in respect of crimes relating to fixed platforms

10 Application of Crimes Act 1961

Powers of masters

11 Master may deliver alleged offender to appropriate authorities

12 Power to search persons and baggage on ships

Extradition of offenders

13 Definitions relating to extradition provisions

14 Crimes deemed to be included in extradition treaties

15 Restriction on surrender

16 Certification of country as party to Rome Convention or Rome Protocol

Miscellaneous provisions

17 Attorney-General's consent required for prosecutions

18 Certification of ships in military service

19 Immigration Act 1987 not limited

An Act to give effect to the provisions of the Rome Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Rome Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf