R v Karpavicius - [2004] 1 NZLR 156

Criminal law — Elements of crime — Alternative counts of conspiring to import a Class A or a Class B controlled drug — Evidence sufficient to prove accused conspired to import either a Class A or Class B controlled drug but insufficient to prove which class — Whether accused properly convicted on either count — Direction to jury — Misuse of Drugs Act 1975, s 6(1), (2A) and (4A).

Statutes — Interpretation — Definitions of offences — Whether to be interpreted narrowly or purposively — Interpretation Act 1999, s 5(1).