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entry.

"(6) Where a person who is the holder of a re-entry permit within the meaning of section 12 of the Migration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1980, makes, at any time while he is in Australia and before the expiration of that re-entry permit or upon his arrival in Australia at any time before the expiration of that re-entry permit, a request for the grant of an entry permit to him, sub-section (1) applies to and in relation to him as if there was substituted for paragraph (c) of that section the following paragraph:
     '(c) at the time he makes a request for the grant of an entry permit is a person referred to in paragraph 12(7)(c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of the Migration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1980,'.".

False papers, &c.
8. Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (1) "to the Minister or" before "to an officer" (wherever occurring).

Proof of certain matters
9. Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

"(2) In sub-section (1), the reference to official documents of a Territory shall be read, in the case of the Territory of Christmas Island, as including official documents of that Territory that were in existence at the commencement of this sub-section.".

Obstructing or deceiving Minister or officers
10. Section 65 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting "the Minister or" after "mislead".

Transitional provision
11. (1) The amendments made by sections 5 and 6, sub-section 7 (1) and sections 8 and 10 do not apply to or in relation to the grant of an entry permit (not being a temporary entry permit) to an immigrant after the commencement of this section if—
     (a) the application for the grant of the permit was or is made after 19 June 1980 and before 1 January 1981; and
     (b) the immigrant entered, or last entered, Australia before 1 January 1980.

(2) The amendments made by the provisions referred to in sub-section (1) do not apply to or in relation to the grant of an entry permit (not being a temporary entry permit) to an immigrant after the commencement of this section if—
     (a) the application for the grant of the permit was or is made after 19 June 1980 and before 1 January 1981;
     (b) a previous application for the grant of such an entry permit in respect of the immigrant had been made before 19 June 1980; and
     (c) the immigrant entered, or last entered, Australia after 31 December 1979 and—
         (i) in a case where the previous application had not been determined by 19 June 1980—was at the time of the