### Detention Centres Regulations 《勞敎中心規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Detention Centres Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
Officer-in-charge (主管人員) means an officer appointed under regulation 3(2)(b) to be in charge of a detention centre;
Superintendent (監督) means the officer appointed under regulation 3(2)(a) to assist the Commissioner in the administration of detention centres.

3. Administration of detention centres
(1) The Commissioner shall have the general charge and control of all detention centres.
(2) The Commissioner shall appoint—
(a) an officer of the Correctional Services Department to assist him in the administration of detention centres, who shall be known as the Superintendent of detention centres;
(b) an officer of the Correctional Services Department to be Officer-in-charge of each detention centre; and
(c) such officers of the Correctional Services Department and other persons as he may consider necessary for service in detention centres.
(L.N. 30 of 1982)

4. Reception of detainees
The Officer-in-charge of a detention centre to which a detainee is directed by the Commissioner shall make arrangements for the reception in the detention centre of the detainee.

5. Medical examination
A detainee shall, on the day of his admission or re-admission to a detention centre or as soon as possible thereafter, be examined by a medical officer.
(L.N. 170 of 1977)

6. Personal record of detainees
A detainee shall, as soon as possible after his admission or re-admission, be interviewed by the Officer-in-charge, who shall enter in the detainee’s record such particulars or further particulars of the detainee as he considers desirable.
(L.N. 170 of 1977)

7. Grades
(1) Detainees shall be divided into such grades as the Commissioner may approve.
(2) The privileges of each grade shall be specified by the Commissioner.

8. Recreation
At least one hour a day shall be devoted to physical training or to organized games, and such period shall be deemed to be work for the purposes of regulation 9.

9. Work
(1) Every detainee, unless excused by a medical officer on medical grounds, shall undertake such work or instruction, for not more than 10 hours a day, as may be required by the Officer-in-charge.
(2) Such work shall, as far as possible, involve physical effort.
(3) A detainee shall not receive any payment for work done.

10. Diet
A detainee shall be supplied with food in accordance with such scales of diet as the Chief Executive may from time to time approve.
(15 of 1999 s. 3)

### Detention Centres Regulations 《勞敎中心規例》

11. Religious services and instruction
The Officer-in-charge may, if satisfied that a detainee belongs to a religious denomination, if the detainee so desires and it is reasonably practicable so to do, make arrangements for the detainee to attend appropriate religious services or instruction.

12. Board to make recommendations for detainee’s discharge
(1) The Commissioner shall appoint for each detention centre a Board consisting of the Superintendent, the Officer-in-charge and such other officers as he may select, to watch the behaviour of each detainee and to make recommendations for his discharge.
(2) The Board shall cause a detainee to be brought before it at monthly intervals during his detention.

13. Supervision order
A supervision order shall be read and explained to a detainee by, or in the presence of, the Officer-in-charge before the release of the detainee from the detention centre.

14. Leave of absence
(1) The Commissioner may grant to a detainee permission to be absent from a detention centre for a period not exceeding 24 hours at any one time.
(2) A detainee permitted to be absent under paragraph (1) shall be given a pass signed by the Commissioner stating the period during which the detainee is permitted to be absent from the detention centre and the address at which the detainee is required to reside during his absence.
(3) A detainee who, without lawful excuse—
(a) fails to return to the detention centre at or before the expiration of the period for which he has been granted leave; or
(b) fails to reside at the address specified in the pass issued under paragraph (2),
shall be guilty of a disciplinary offence.

15. Disciplinary offences
A detainee who commits any of the offences enumerated in rule 61 of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234 sub. leg. A) as applied by section 10 of the Ordinance shall be guilty of a disciplinary offence.
(E.R. 4 of 2019)

### Detention Centres Regulations 《勞敎中心規例》

16. Punishment which may be imposed by the Officer-in-charge
(1) A detainee who commits a disciplinary offence under regulation 14 or 15 shall be liable, by order of the Officer-in-charge, to any one or more of the following punishments—
(a) (Repealed L.N. 191 of 1990)(b) (Repealed L.N. 165 of 1983)(c) solitary confinement for a period not exceeding 14 days;
(d) forfeiture of privileges for a period not exceeding 1 month;
(e) reduction of grade;
(f) a caution. (L.N. 170 of 1977)
(2) A detainee may appeal to the Commissioner against an order made by the Officer-in-charge under paragraph (1), within 48 hours after the making of the order, by giving notice in writing to the Officer-in-charge, who shall forthwith notify the Commissioner and stay execution of the order pending the determination of the appeal.
(3) The Commissioner may confirm, vary or reverse the order against which the appeal is made or may substitute therefor any other order which the Officer-in-charge was competent to make under paragraph (1).
(4) (Repealed L.N. 165 of 1983)(5) (Repealed L.N. 191 of 1990)(6) Rule 63 of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234 sub. leg. A) shall not apply to or in respect of detainee. (L.N. 170 of 1977; E.R. 4 of 2019)
(L.N. 170 of 1977)

17. Forms
The forms set out in the Schedule shall be used for the purposes specified therein.

### Detention Centre (Consolidation) Order 《勞敎中心(綜合)令》

1. Citation
This order may be cited as the Detention Centre (Consolidation) Order.

3. Appointment of detention centre
Sha Tsui Correctional Institution (the place and buildings situated at 35 Shek Pik Reservoir Road, Lantau Island), except those parts of the Institution known as Blocks B, D and E and Workshops No. 1 and 2, is appointed to be a detention centre.
(L.N. 52 of 2022)

### Firearms and Ammunition (Declaration of Arms) Regulations 《火器及彈藥(槍械宣布)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Firearms and Ammunition (Declaration of Arms) Regulations.

2. Declaration of arms
Every thing of a description specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, not being a weapon to which the Weapons Ordinance (Cap. 217) applies, is declared to be within the definition of arms for the purpose of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 68 of 1991; L.N. 74 of 2021)  

### Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance 《火器及彈藥條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Firearms and Ammunition Ordinance.