Amendment No. 13 extends from ten to 21 days the maximum interval between court appearances in the exceptional cases where it proves necessary to detain an asylum-seeker. A person detained under section 9 of the Refugee Act as it stands must, as soon as practicable, be brought before a District Court judge to have his or her detention reviewed. If the judge is satisfied that any of the grounds set out at section 9(8) apply to the person, then he or she may commit the person to detention for a period of up to ten days. If the judge is of the view that section 9(8) grounds for detention no longer exist, then the person must be released. A person committed to detention in this way may be committed by a District Court judge for further periods of up to ten days, and each further period of detention is subject to review in the same way.