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TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 No. 73 - SECT 3

3 Object

The object of this Act is to allow a person to be taken into custody and detained for a short period of time in order to--

(a) prevent a terrorist act occurring in the near future; or
(b) preserve evidence of, or relating to, a recent terrorist act.
Note--
Section 53 provides that, while a person is being detained under a preventative detention order, the person may only be questioned for very limited purposes.


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