Implementation of Geneva Conventions Act, 2012
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Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998)Chapter 6 : Supplementary and General Provisions35. Reception and accommodation of asylum seekers in event of mass influx |
| (1) | The Minister may, if he or she considers that any group or category of persons qualify for refugee status as is contemplated in section 3, by notice in the Gazette, declare such group or category of persons to be refugees either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose in conformity with the Constitution and international law and may revoke any such declaration by notice in the Gazette. |
| (2) | The Minister may, after consultation with the UNHCR representative and the Premier of the province concerned, designate areas, centres or places for the temporary reception and accommodation of asylum seekers or refugees or any specific category or group of asylum seekers or refugees who entered the Republic on a large scale, pending the regularisation of their status in the Republic. |
| (3) | The Minister may appoint any person as a manager of an area, centre or place designated under subsection (2). |
| (4) | The Minister may at any time withdraw the designation of an area, centre or place contemplated in subsection (2). |
