A person shall cease to be a Refugee for the purposes of this Law if that person: (a) Voluntarily re-avails himself of the protection of the country of his nationality; (b) Having lost his nationality voluntarily reacquires it; (c) Acquires the nationality of another country and enjoys the protection of the country of his new nationality; (d) Continues to refuse to avail himself of the protection of the country of his nationality when the circumstances in connection with which he has been recognized as a Refugee have ceased to exist. (g) He has committed serious non-political crime outside of Puntland; or (h) He has seriously infringed the purpose and principles of the United Nations, League of Arab States or the African Union.

A person aggrieved by the decision by the Minister can
appeal within thirty days of receiving the decision to the
Appeal Board.

If at any time the Minister considers that there are serious
grounds for believing that a person who has been recognized as a Refugee should not have been recognized or has ceased to be a refugee, it may cancel the refugee status given after notifying the refugee concerned in writing and giving him the opportunity to explain about the issue

f) Consider and review the applications for family
re-unification with Refugees in Puntland

The Director shall take measures to ensure the protection of women refugees, refugee children elderly refugees and other persons with specific needs requiring special protection.

There shall be established an Appeal Board, which shall consider and decide appeals arising from the actions and decisions in accordance with the law.

d) entitled to apply of other types of civil documents as prescribed by the Law

In cases where a Refugee demonstrates the inability to afford or obtain legal assistance, the Puntland Government shall appoint a lawyer for any Refugee who is accused in a criminal matter or who is subject to an application for an order under Article 8 of this Law.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention.
No one shall be deprived of his or her liberty except on
such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as
are established by law.

Every Refugee and Asylum-seeker who presents himself
to the Refugee Affairs Department Office in accordance
with Article 9 shall: -
a) be issued with an Identification Card in the
prescribed form.
b) be permitted to remain or move freely throughout
Puntland subject to reasonable restrictions as may
be imposed by the Minister