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Section 261AF — Migration Act 1958: Identification tests not to be carried out in cruel, inhuman or degrading manner etc.
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For the purposes of this Act, the carrying out of the identification test is not of itself taken: (a) to be cruel, inhuman or degrading; or (b) to be a failure to treat a person with humanity and with respect for human dignity. However, nothing in this Act authorises the carrying out of the identification test in a cruel, inhuman or degrading manner, or in a manner that fails to treat a person with humanity and with respect for human dignity.
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