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StatuteMigration Act 1958

Section 197 — Migration Act 1958: Effect of escape from immigration detention

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If a non-citizen: (a) was in immigration detention; and (b) escaped from that detention; and (c) was taken back into that detention; then, for the purposes of sections 194 and 195, the non-citizen is taken not to have ceased to be in immigration detention.

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