International Protection Act 2015
Amendment of section 5 of Immigration Act 2003 | ||
80. Section 5 of the Immigration Act 2003 is amended by the substitution of the following for subsection (2)(a): | ||
“(2) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), a person to whom this section applies may be arrested without warrant by an immigration officer or a member of the Garda Síochána, and a person so arrested may be taken to a place referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii) and detained— | ||
(i) under warrant of that officer or member in a prescribed place and in the custody of the officer of the Minister or member of the Garda Síochána for the time being in charge of that place, or | ||
(ii) for the purposes of subsection (6) and for a period or periods each not exceeding 12 hours— | ||
(I) in a vehicle, for the purposes of bringing the person to the port from which the ship, railway train, road vehicle or aircraft concerned is due to depart, or | ||
(II) within the port referred to in clause (I).”. |