Tag: Section 59
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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
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Kiss Children Goodbye (pdf)
Kiss Your Children Goodbye (if section 59 is repealed … or replaced) brochure-kiss-children-goodbye-7
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MPs who need to be targeted
Click here for the names and email addresses of those MPs who need to be targeted over Sue Bradford’s Anti-Smacking Bill http://www.familyfirst.org.nz/files/MPs%20to%20target%20re%20smacking.xls
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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
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Smacking Ban Arrogant and Clumsy
Smacking Ban Arrogant and Clumsy (By Dr Rex Ahdar, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, at the University of Otago; Christchurch Press, 30 June 2005, http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3329523a6220,00.html.) Why are so many bureaucrats, social scientists and self-styled children’s experts so insistent on abolishing the parental defence in section 59 of the Crimes Act permitting smacking of children? It…
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The Parental Use of Physical Discipline in New Zealand
he Parental Use of Physical Discipline in New Zealand – Part 1 The Parental Use of Physical Discipline in New Zealand(Part I) by Robert van Wichen, LLB Introduction If I asked you “Is it legal to smack your child?,” how would you answer? “Yes,” or “No” … or after scratching your head for a while,…
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Rules for Members Bills – Section 59
Members’ bills Members of Parliament who are not Government Ministers can put forward bills that are not part of the Government’s programme. These are called Members’ bills, and are debated in the House every second Wednesday when the House is sitting. Do Members’ bills ever become law? The Government has its own policy programme and…
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Lawyer John Hancocks summary of section 59 cases
The anti-smacking lobby argues that abuse and violence hide behind the provisions of Section 59 of the Crimes Act 1961. The facts do not appear to support this contention. John Hancock of Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa Inc., summarised such cases in a document titled Parental Corporal Punishment of Children in New Zealand for…
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9 Individual Brochures
1. An Introduction to Family Integrity: An Introduction to Family Integrity 2. 10 REASONS TO KEEP THE STATUS QUO: retain Section 59 just as it is: 10-reasons-to-keep-the-status-quo 3. Spanking and the LAW in New Zealand Spanking and the LAW in New Zealand 4. A Working Definition of Spanking/smacking A Working Definition of Spanking/smacking 5. The…
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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…