1999 New Zealand justice referendum

April 2024 February 2022 February 2022 May 2023 "Should there be a reform of our justice system placing greater emphasis on the needs of victims, providing restitution and compensation for them and imposing minimum sentences and hard labour for all serious violent offences?" New Zealand 1999 11 27 y 1,886,705 169,699 22,849 2,509,365 A Citizens Initiated Referendum was held in New Zealand on 27 November 1999, based on the question: Should there be a reform of our justice system placing greater emphasis on the needs of victims, providing restitution and compensation for them and imposing minimum sentences and hard labour for all serious violent offences? The referendum saw changes to law such as the Bail Act 2000, which made it harder to be able to be granted bail which meant more individuals would have to await trail in remand prisons. The referendum also saw adaptions to the Victims Rights Act 2002 and the implementation of Victim Impact Statements to be read in court. Additionally, the Parole Act 2002 made it harder for inmates to apply for/get parole and leave prison early meaning people in prison for longer adding to prison population. Results ElectorateYes No Total valid votesInformal votesTotal votes countedElectors on RollTurnoutAAATotal 7.1 Returns of Citizens Initiated Referendum Poll Votes http://electionresults.org.nz/electionresults_1999/e9/html/e9_partXIV.html Elections New Zealand 27 November 1999 99991.75%9e991,886,7059998.25%9e99169,6999e992,056,4049e9922,8499e992,079,2539e992,509,36599982.86%Albany93.17%31,9596.83%2,34134,30030734,60741,81582.76%Aoraki94.18%32,0265.82%1,98034,00633434,34039,66586.58%Auckland Central83.56%26,11616.44%5,13831,25464231,89639,93479.87%Banks Peninsula89.20%33,30510.80%4,03437,33939937,73842,58488.62%Bay of Plenty95.05%32,7864.95%1,70934,49526234,75741,63083.49%Christchurch Central88.69%28,72711.31%3,66432,39140532,79640,08381.82%Christchurch East93.36%30,0736.64%2,13832,21124332,45438,06185.27%Clutha-Southland94.71%29,0565.29%1,62230,67825930,93737,16783.24%Coromandel94.1132,4965.89%2,03434,53036734,89740,27886.64%Dunedin North87.62%27,25212.38%3,85031,10248231,58436,88585.63%Dunedin South92.61%33,1257.39%2,64335,76831636,08441,68686.56%ZZTotal-9e9991.75%-9e991,886,705-9e998.25%-9e99169,699-9e992,056,404-9e9922,849-9e992,079,253-9e992,509,365-9e9982.86% References Justice referendum, 1999 1999 New Zealand justice referendum Category:1999 referendums Justice referendum Justice referendum Category:November 1999 in Oceania