333.Section 132 extends the scope of section 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to allow a person to whom the section applies who comes across physical objects, such as documents or replica immigration stamps, to pass them to the Secretary of State for immigration purposes.
334.Subsection (4) allows the Secretary of State to retain or dispose of documents or articles which are passed to him under this section.
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