13 Aug 2014
LM v R [2014] NZSC 110
- Citation
- [2014] NZSC 110
- Court
- Supreme Court
Section 144A cannot be straightforwardly construed to impose party liability where the principal offender is not a New Zealander because the statutory wording does not clearly extend extraterritorial scope to non-New Zealand principals; however on the facts the appellant committed the substantive offence as a principal (took and directed the indecent photograph) and therefore the conviction is sustainable and the appeal is dismissed.
- Party liability
- Extraterritorial application of statute
- Section 144a crimes act 1961
- Indecency with a child (s132)
- International obligations under crc and optional protocol