Part 2 s 17
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New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990
Version as at
30 August 2022
Freedom of association
Everyone has the right to freedom of association.
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Freedom of movement
(1)
Everyone lawfully in New Zealand has the right to freedom of movement and
residence in New Zealand.
(2)
Every New Zealand citizen has the right to enter New Zealand.
(3)
Everyone has the right to leave New Zealand.
(4)
No one who is not a New Zealand citizen and who is lawfully in New Zealand
shall be required to leave New Zealand except under a decision taken on
grounds prescribed by law.
Non-discrimination and minority rights
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Freedom from discrimination
(1)
Everyone has the right to freedom from discrimination on the grounds of dis‐
crimination in the Human Rights Act 1993.
(2)
Measures taken in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons
or groups of persons disadvantaged because of discrimination that is unlawful
by virtue of Part 2 of the Human Rights Act 1993 do not constitute discrimin‐
ation.
Section 19: substituted, on 1 February 1994, by section 145 of the Human Rights Act 1993 (1993
No 82).
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Rights of minorities
A person who belongs to an ethnic, religious, or linguistic minority in New
Zealand shall not be denied the right, in community with other members of that
minority, to enjoy the culture, to profess and practise the religion, or to use the
language, of that minority.
Search, arrest, and detention
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Unreasonable search and seizure
Everyone has the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure,
whether of the person, property, or correspondence or otherwise.
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Liberty of the person
Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily arrested or detained.
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Rights of persons arrested or detained
(1)
Everyone who is arrested or who is detained under any enactment—
(a)
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shall be informed at the time of the arrest or detention of the reason for
it; and