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Section 59 - The Bill

More Support for Referendum

http://republicans.org.nz/2008/mt-albert-launch-wayne-hawkins/
Remember Sue Bradford’s amendment to the Crimes Act, the anti smacking bill?
Eighty per cent of you said you didn’t want it.
So what did the parliamentarians do? They passed it against your wishes.
That bill should have gone to a binding National Referendum.
You should have a chance to have your say.
If we had been in power [...]

Six Month Review of the s59 Amendment (Anti-smacking Bill)

http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/4027.html
5:05pm 23 June 2008
Police have undertaken a second review of the amendment of section 59 of the Crimes Act (the Smacking Bill) covering the period 29 September 2007 to 4 April 2008.
This review covers a period of just over six months.
In order to make comparisons with the initial three month review, it is helpful to [...]

Anti-Smacking Law, One Year On

Thanks Andy for reminding us again of this dark moment in New Zealand’s history 12 months ago. Visit Andy’s site to make comments on this:
http://section59.blogspot.com/2008/05/anti-smacking-law-one-year-on.html
Anti-Smacking Law, One Year On
One year ago, on 2 May 2008, Sue Bradford’s Anti-Smacking Bill passed it’s third reading. The [...]

Progress of the Bill

In Committee - 14 & 28 Mar 2007/2 May - 2nd Reading of Section 59 plus committee stages
http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/bills/crimes_abolition_of_force_justification

Section 59 - Bill

Section 59 {Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Bill}
http://www.parliament.nz…Crimes-Substituted-Section-59-Amendment-Bill.htm

Good Parents Made Criminals Sometime This Year?

Domestic discipline-”Every parent of a child…is justified in using force by way of correction towards the child, if the force used is reasonable in the circumstances.” Section 59 of the Crimes Act.The Select Committee’s proposed substitution amendment of Section 59 will effectively repeal all parental authority and make all parents criminals by definition, whether they [...]

Still much to do

There is still much more that we want to do to keep the momentum going between now and 2 May, when the Bill might next come before Parliament for its second reading. As we seek to keep up the pressure in our fight against the Crimes Amendment Bill, your prayers, financial contributions and moral support [...]

By Fear and Fallacy by Michael L Drake

http://careycollege.com/documents/By%20Fear%20&%20Fallacy.pdf The repression of reason and public good in New Zealand by the anti-smacking lobby by Michael L Drake

1st reading to repeal Section 59 of the Crimes Act.

1st reading to repeal Section 59 of the Crimes Act.
Wednesday 27 July 2005
65 MPs for
54 MPs against
Support for 1st reading:
Labour
Greens
The Progressives
The Maori Party
Two of NZ First’s 13 MPs

Significant Quote- Rex Ahdar & James Allan*

Significant Quote:
Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961 currently permits parents to administer moderate corporal punishment to correct their children’s misbehaviour. Various groups contend that corporal punishment should be abolished. It is, they charge, ineffective, if not harmful. They invoke the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in support. Rex Ahdar and [...]

Hansard - 16 May 2007 - 3rd reading Section 59

Hansard - 16 May 2007 - 3rd reading Section 59

Hansard - 16 May 2007 - 3rd reading Section 59
Hansard is now up for the 3rd reading:
http://www.hansard.parliament.govt.nz/hansard/Final/FINAL_2007_05_16.htm
or more specifically:
Child Abuse—Child, Youth and Family Discretion
http://www.hansard.parliament.govt.nz/hansard/Final/FINAL_2007_05_16.htm#_Toc167266185
Gordon Copeland— Resignation from United Future
http://www.hansard.parliament.govt.nz/hansard/Final/FINAL_2007_05_16.htm#_Toc167266195
Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Bill
Third Reading
http://www.hansard.parliament.govt.nz/hansard/Final/FINAL_2007_05_16.htm#_Toc167266196
Points of Order
Votes—Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment [...]