Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
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Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998)Chapter 1 : Interpretation, Application and Administration of Act2. General prohibition of refusal of entry, expulsion, extradition or return to other country in certain circumstances |
Notwithstanding any provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary, no person may be refused entry into the Republic, expelled, extradited or returned to any other country or be subject to any similar measure, if as a result of such refusal, expulsion, extradition, return or other measure, such person is compelled to return to or remain in a country where-
| (a) | he or she may be subjected to persecution on account of his or her race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group; or |
| (b) | his or her life, physical safety or freedom would be threatened on account of external aggression, occupation, foreign domination or other events seriously disturbing public order in any part or the whole of that country. |
