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Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998)

Chapter 3 : Application for Asylum

23. Detention of asylum seeker

 

If the Director-General has withdrawn an asylum seeker visa in terms of section 22(5), he or she may, subject to section 29, cause the holder to be arrested and detained pending the finalisation of the application for asylum, in the manner and place determined by him or her with due regard to human dignity.

 

[Section 23 substituted by section 19 of Notice No. 1452, GG 41343, dated 18 December 2017]