# Certain warrants stay removal or deportation

> act-s151 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

151 Certain warrants stay removal or deportation
          (1) If an unlawful non-citizen is to be, or is likely to be, removed or
              deported, this Act does not prevent a court issuing for the purposes
              of the administration of criminal justice in relation to an offence
              against a law a warrant to stay the removal or deportation.
          (2) If a criminal justice stay warrant about a non-citizen is in force, the
              non-citizen is not to be removed or deported.
          (3) If a court issues a criminal justice stay warrant about a non-citizen,
              the applicant for the warrant is responsible for the costs of any
              maintenance or accommodation (other than immigration detention)
              of the non-citizen while the warrant is in force.