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Amendment of section 21 of Act of 2015
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8. Section 21 of the Act of 2015 is amended—
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(a) in subsection (16), by the substitution of “subsection (2)(a)” for “this section”,
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(b) in subsection (17)—
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(i) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “punishment or a serious and individual threat to his or her life or person by reason of indiscriminate violence in situations of international or internal armed conflict,” for “punishment, and”,
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(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “concerned, and” for “concerned.”, and
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(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):
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“(d) has the possibility in the country concerned to request refugee status and, if found to be a refugee, to receive protection in accordance with the Geneva Convention.”,
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and
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(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (18):
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“(19) In subsection (17)(d), ‘refugee status’ means the recognition by the country concerned of a third country national or stateless person as a refugee.”.
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