Home›Sources›New Zealand, Crimes Amendment Act 2019, Section 5 (Official Text)SourcesNew Zealand, Crimes Amendment Act 2019, Section 5 (Official Text)New Zealand Legislation, official government site, read 2026-08-16Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "New Zealand, Crimes Amendment Act 2019, Section 5 (Official Text)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nz-crimes-amendment-act-2019-section-5-official-text.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). New Zealand, Crimes Amendment Act 2019, Section 5 (Official Text). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nz-crimes-amendment-act-2019-section-5-official-textCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-new-zealand-crimes-amendment-act-2019-se, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {New Zealand, Crimes Amendment Act 2019, Section 5 (Official Text)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/nz-crimes-amendment-act-2019-section-5-official-text}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThis page of New Zealand's official legislation website carries Section 5 of the Crimes Amendment Act 2019, which repealed Section 123 of the Crimes Act 1961, the offense of blasphemous libel. Parliament passed the repeal unanimously on 5 March 2019 as part of a package removing what the Justice Minister called anachronistic laws; the offense had not been prosecuted since 1922. The Act received Royal Assent on 11 March 2019 and the repeal came into force the following day.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1New Zealand's own official legislation website publishing the enacted statute text that repealed Section 123 of the Crimes Act 1961, the strongest possible form for a fact about whether a law was repealed and how, hence the top tier.CitationPublisherWell-attestedNew Zealand Parliamentary Counsel OfficeURLWell-attestedhttps://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2019/0004/latest/LMS22750.htmlSource TypeWell-attestedprimary source / official recordClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Countries, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested6CountriesNew ZealandSourcesNew Zealand, Crimes Amendment Act 2019, Section 5 (Official Text)General References1CountriesNew ZealandComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year