HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 c717

`Where a document comes into the possession of the Secretary of State or an immigration officer in the course of the exercise of an immigration function, the Secretary of State or an immigration officer may retain the document while he suspects thatߞ

  1. (a)a person to whom the document relates may be liable to removal from the United Kingdom in accordance with a provision of the Immigration Acts, and
  2. (b)retention of the document may facilitate the removal.'.ߞ[Mr. Heppell.]

Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.

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