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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 178

Designated persons to be in immigration detention

  (1)   Subject to subsection   (2), after commencement, a designated person must be kept in immigration detention.

  (2)   A designated person is to be released from immigration detention if, and only if, he or she is:

  (a)   removed from Australia under section   181; or

  (b)   granted a visa under section   65, 351 or 417.

  (3)   This section is subject to section   182.

  (4)   To avoid doubt and despite section   182, if subsection   181(3) applies to a designated person, the person must be kept in immigration detention until the person is removed from Australia under that subsection.


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