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Migration Act 1958
7AEffect on executive power to protect Australia’s borders
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7A Effect on executive power to protect Australia’s borders
The existence of statutory powers under this Act does not prevent the exercise of any executive power of the Commonwealth to protect Australia’s borders, including, where necessary, by ejecting persons who have crossed those borders.