18.Sections 32-39 detail the conditions and procedure under which a foreign national prisoner will be automatically deported. They specify those foreign nationals subject to compulsory deportation and the sentences that will trigger it. They also detail permissible appeals, timings of deportation and detention beyond the end of sentence. Clarity around the sentences and the definitions of key phrases in these sections is given in section 38.
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