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Section 197 — Effect of escape from immigration detention
CurrentPart 2—Arrival, presence and departure of persons · Division 7—Detention of unlawful non-citizens · Subdivision A—General provisions · Migration Act 1958
C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171As in force on 4 June 2026
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Section 197 — Effect of escape from immigration detention
197 Effect of escape from immigration detention If a non-citizen:
(a) was in immigration detention; and
(b) escaped from that detention; and
(c) was taken back into that detention;
then, for the purposes of sections 194 and 195, the non-citizen is taken not to have ceased to be in immigration detention.
Subdivision B—Residence determinations

