NZBORA S 4,5,6 Flashcards
What does section 4 of NZBORA state?
No court shall, in relation to any enactment (whether passed or made before or after the commencement of this Bill of Rights),—
(a) hold any provision of the enactment to be impliedly re-
pealed or revoked, or to be in any way invalid or inef-
fective; or
(b) decline to apply any provision of the enactment—
by reason only that the provision is inconsistent with any pro- vision of this Bill of Rights.
What does section 5 of the NZBORA state?
Subject to section 4, the rights and freedoms contained in this Bill of Rights may be subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
What does section 6 of NZBORA state?
Wherever an enactment can be given a meaning that is consistent with the rights and freedoms contained in this Bill of Rights, that meaning shall be preferred to any other meaning.
