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21 December 2006 - Crimes Act amendment smacked down AND POLL

21 December 2006 - Crimes Act amendment smacked down AND POLL

AND POLL http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/563200/939668

Dec 21, 2006

The family law section of the Law Society says proposed amendments to Section 59 of the Crimes Act are inadequate.

A select committee decided to revise the anti-smacking bill in November by repealing Section 59 and replacing it with a section allowing the use of reasonable force in some situations.

Section chairman Simon Maude says the society has been mulling over the changes to the proposed bill and has decided they make things worse.

He says the proposal does nothing to assist police or the courts in defining what levels of force are allowed.

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