Section 176Migration Act 1958 (Cth)

Reason for Division

This Division is enacted because the Parliament considers that it is in the national interest that each non‑citizen who is a designated person should be kept in immigration detention until he or she:

(a) leaves Australia; or

(b) is given a visa.

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