# Effect of escape from immigration detention

> act-s197 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

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