Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 117

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (2), a visa held by a non - citizen may be cancelled under subsection   116(1), (1AA), (1AB) or (1AC):

  (a)   before the non - citizen enters Australia; or

  (b)   when the non - citizen is in immigration clearance (see section   172); or

  (c)   when the non - citizen leaves Australia; or

  (d)   while the non - citizen is in the migration zone.

  (2)   A permanent visa cannot be cancelled under subsection   116(1) if the holder of the visa:

  (a)   is in the migration zone; and

  (b)   was immigration cleared on last entering Australia.