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Migration Act 1958
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146 State criminal justice entry certificate
Subdivision C—Criminal justice certificates etc. staying removal or deportation
147 Commonwealth criminal justice stay certificate
148 State criminal justice stay certificate
149 Application for visa not to prevent certificate
150 Criminal justice stay certificates stay removal or deportation
151 Certain warrants stay removal or deportation
152 Certain subjects of stay certificates and stay warrants may be detained etc.
153 Removal or deportation not contempt etc. if no stay certificate or warrant
154 Officer not liable—criminal justice stay certificates or warrants
Subdivision D—Criminal justice visas
155 Criminal justice visas
156 Criterion for criminal justice entry visas
157 Criterion for criminal justice stay visas
158 Criteria for criminal justice visas
159 Procedure for obtaining criminal justice visa
160 Conditions of criminal justice visa
161 Effect of criminal justice visas
Subdivision E—Cancellation etc. of criminal justice certificates and criminal justice visas
162 Criminal justice certificates to be cancelled
163 Stay warrant to be cancelled
164 Effect of cancellation etc. on criminal justice visa
Division 4A—Enforcement visas
164A Definitions
164B Grant of enforcement visas (fisheries matters)
164BA Grant of enforcement visas (environment matters)
164C When enforcement visa ceases to be in effect
164D Applying for other visas
Division 5—Immigration clearance
165 Interpretation
166 Persons entering to present certain evidence of identity etc.
167 When and where evidence to be presented
168 Section 166 not to apply
169 Section 166 not usually to apply
170 Certain persons to present evidence of identity
171 Assistance with evidence
172 Immigration clearance
173 Visa ceases if holder enters in way not permitted
174 Visa ceases if holder remains without immigration clearance
175 Departing person to present certain evidence etc.
175A Determinations relating to kinds of passports
175B Collection, access and disclosure of information
Division 6—Certain non‑citizens to be kept in immigration detention
176 Reason for Division
177 Interpretation
178 Designated persons to be in immigration detention
179 Beginning of immigration detention of certain designated persons
180 Detention of designated person
181 Removal from Australia of designated persons
182 No immigration detention or removal after certain period
183 Courts must not release designated persons
185 Effect of Division on status etc.
186 Division applies despite other laws
187 Evidence
Division 7—Detention of unlawful non‑citizens
Subdivision A—General provisions
188 Lawful non‑citizen to give evidence of being so
189 Detention of unlawful non‑citizens
190 Non‑compliance with immigration clearance or requirement to provide personal identifier
191 End of certain detention
192 Detention of visa holders whose visas liable to cancellation
193 Application of law to certain non‑citizens while they remain in immigration detention
194 Detainee to be told of consequences of detention
195 Detainee may apply for visa
195A Minister may grant detainee visa (whether or not on application)
196 Duration of detention
197 Effect of escape from immigration detention
Subdivision B—Residence determinations
197AA Persons to whom Subdivision applies
197AB Minister may determine that person is to reside at a specified place rather than being held in detention centre etc.
197AC Effect of residence determination
197AD Revocation or variation of residence determination
197AE Minister not under duty to consider whether to exercise powers
197AF Minister to exercise powers personally
197AG Tabling of information relating to the making of residence determinations
Division 7A—Offences relating to immigration detention
197A Detainees must not escape from detention
197B Manufacture, possession etc. of weapons by detainees
Division 8—Removal of unlawful non‑citizens etc.
Subdivision A—Removal
197C Relevance of Australia’s non‑refoulement obligations to removal of unlawful non‑citizens under section 198
197D Decision that protection finding would no longer be made
197E Relevance of Ministerial intervention powers to removal of unlawful non‑citizens under section 198
198 Removal from Australia of unlawful non‑citizens
198AAA Collection, use and disclosure of information to foreign countries
Subdivision B—Regional processing
198AA Reason for Subdivision
198AB Regional processing country
198AC Documents to be laid before Parliament
198AD Taking unauthorised maritime arrivals to a regional processing country
198AE Ministerial determination that section 198AD does not apply
198AF No regional processing country
198AG Non‑acceptance by regional processing country
198AH Application of section 198AD to certain transitory persons
198AHA Power to take action etc. in relation to arrangement or regional processing functions of a country
198AHAA Rules of natural justice do not apply in relation to third country reception arrangements
198AHB Power to take action etc. in relation to third country reception arrangement
198AHC Relevance of Ministerial intervention powers to transfer of unauthorised maritime arrivals
198AI Ministerial report
198AJ Reports about unauthorised maritime arrivals
Subdivision C—Transitory persons etc.