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Prevention of Terrorism
2002
(2) Where the Minister responsible for immigration has reasonable
grounds to believe that a person in the United Republic has been, is or
will be, involved in the commission of a terrorist act, he may make order requiring that person to leave the United Republic and remain
thereafter out of the United Republic.
(3) A person with respect to whom an order under subsection (2) is
made, shall leave the United Republic and shall, so long as the order is
in force, remain out of the United Republic.
(4) A person with respect to whom an order under subsection (2) is
made, may be detained in such manner as may be directed by the Minister responsible for immigration and may be placed on a vessel or aircraft
leaving the United Republic.
Power to
refuse
refugee
application
Power to
make
Regulations
47. The Minister responsible for immigration may, having regard to
the interests of national security and public safety, refuse the application
of any person applying for status as a refugee, if he or she has reasonable
grounds to believe that, the applicant has committed a terrorist act or is
or is likely to be, involved in the commission of a terrorist act.
48.-(1) The Minister may make regulations in respect of all matters in respect of which regulations are required or authorized to be made
by this Act.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), every regulation made under subsection (1), shall be published in the Gazette and shall come into operation
on the date of publication or on such later date as may be specified in the
regulation.
(3) Every regulation made under subsection (1), shall, as soon as
convenient after its publication, be brought before the National Assembly for approval and any regulation which is not so approved shall be
deemed to be revoked from the date of disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done on the authority-of those regulations.
PART IX
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
Amendment of
the
Criminal
procedure
Act, 1985
No.9 of
1985
49. Section 148 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1985 is amended in
subsection (5) by substituting a semi colon for a full-stop which appears
in item (iii) of paragraph (a) and adding immediately thereafter the
following:
''(iv) terrorism against the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002.''
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