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MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 198B

Power to bring transitory persons to Australia

  (1)   An officer may, for a temporary purpose, bring a transitory person to Australia from a country or place outside Australia.

  (2)   The power under subsection   (1) includes the power to do any of the following things within or outside Australia:

  (a)   place the person on a vehicle or vessel;

  (b)   restrain the person on a vehicle or vessel;

  (c)   remove the person from a vehicle or vessel;

  (d)   use such force as is necessary and reasonable.

  (3)   In this section, officer means an officer within the meaning of section   5, and includes a member of the Australian Defence Force.


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