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Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Version of section 82 from 2005-04-04 to 2008-02-21:


Marginal note:Detention of permanent resident

  •  (1) The Minister and the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness may issue a warrant for the arrest and detention of a permanent resident who is named in a certificate described in subsection 77(1) if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the permanent resident is a danger to national security or to the safety of any person or is unlikely to appear at a proceeding or for removal.

  • Marginal note:Mandatory detention

    (2) A foreign national who is named in a certificate described in subsection 77(1) shall be detained without the issue of a warrant.

  • 2001, c. 27, s. 82
  • 2005, c. 10, s. 34

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