Customs Act 1901
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Hide history noteIn spite of any other provision of this Division, but subject to subsection (2) and section 219ZG, where a person is detained under this Division and:
(a) an order is made under this Division that the person be released; or
(b) an order for the detention of the person is revoked; or
(c) an order for the detention of the person has ended and subsection 219V(5) does not apply; or
(ca) if the detention is under Subdivision A - no detention officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is unlawfully carrying prohibited goods on his or her body; or
(cb) (Repealed by No 74 of 2008)
(d) if the detention is under Subdivision B - no detention officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is unlawfully carrying prohibited goods on his or her body; or
(e) if the detention is under Subdivision C - no detention officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is internally concealing a suspicious substance; or
(f) an internal medical search of the person is completed;
the detention, and any search, of the person under this Division must cease immediately.
Subsection (1) does not prevent a further application of this Division, or the detention of the person under any law other than this Division.
(a) the detainee is released at any place other than the place at which he or she was first detained; and
(b) the detainee so requests;
the detainee must immediately be returned free of charge to the place of the first detention.
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