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TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 (NO 71 OF 2005) - SECT 2

2—Object

The object of this Act is to allow a person to be taken into custody and detained for a short period of time in order to—

            (a)         prevent an imminent terrorist act occurring; or

            (b)         preserve evidence of, or relating to, a recent terrorist act.

Note—

Section 42 provides that, while a person is being detained under a preventative detention order, the person may only be questioned for very limited purposes.


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