### Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Regulations 《戒毒所規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
Board (委員會) means the Board of Review for an addiction treatment centre established under regulation 6;
Deputy Commissioner (副署長) means the Deputy Commissioner of Correctional Services;
inmate (所員) means a person detained or ordered to be detained under the Ordinance;
Senior Superintendent (高級監督) means a Senior Superintendent of Correctional Services; (L.N. 137 of 1971)
Superintendent (監督) means the superintendent of an addiction treatment centre appointed in accordance with the provisions of regulation 3(2)(a).

3. Administration of addiction treatment centres
(1) The Commissioner shall have the general charge and supervision of all addiction treatment centres.
(2) The Commissioner shall appoint—
(a) an officer of the Correctional Services Department as Superintendent of an addiction treatment centre; and
(b) such other officers of, and persons employed in, the Correctional Services Department for service in addiction treatment centres as he may think necessary.

4. Reception of inmates
The Superintendent of the addiction treatment centre to which an inmate is directed by the Commissioner shall make or cause to be made all necessary arrangements for the reception in the addiction treatment centre of the inmate named in the order.

5. Personal record of inmates
Every inmate shall, as soon as possible after his admission to an addiction treatment centre, be interviewed by the Superintendent, who shall cause such personal particulars of the inmate as the Superintendent considers desirable to be recorded.

6. Establishment of boards to make recommendations to the Commissioner
(1) There shall be established in respect of each addiction treatment centre a Board of Review consisting of the following persons—
(a) the Deputy Commissioner or a Senior Superintendent who shall be the Chairman; (L.N. 137 of 1971)
(b) the Superintendent;
(c) not less than 3 other officers of the Correctional Services Department or public officers, as the Commissioner may from time to time appoint.
(2) Meetings of a Board shall be held at such times and places as the Chairman may appoint but at least once in every month.
(3) At any meeting of a Board 3 members shall form a quorum.
(4) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, a Board may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

### Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Regulations 《戒毒所規例》

7. Functions of Board
(1) The functions of a Board shall be—
(a) to review the progress of each inmate since his admission and to make recommendations to the Commissioner relating to his release;
(b) to make recommendations to the Commissioner concerning the desirability of transfer to prison of any inmate who is alleged to exercise a bad influence on inmates in the addiction treatment centre.
(2) A Board, for the purpose of carrying out its functions, shall interview an inmate—
(a) during the second month after the date of his admission; (L.N. 171 of 1977)
(b) at least once in every 2 months during the 4 months following the first interview; and
(c) thereafter at least once in each month. (L.N. 24 of 1974)

8. Inmates exercising bad influence
(1) If, in the opinion of the Superintendent, an inmate is exercising a bad influence on other inmates in the addiction treatment centre, the Superintendent shall cause the inmate to be brought before the Board.
(2) The Board shall examine the record of the inmate and, after giving him an opportunity of being heard and of calling evidence, may recommend to the Commissioner that an application be made under section 8(1) of the Ordinance for the transfer of the inmate to prison. (L.N. 24 of 1974)

9. Supervision order
A supervision order shall be read and explained to an inmate by, or in the presence of, the Superintendent prior to the release of the inmate from an addiction treatment centre.

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

11. Religious services and instruction
The Superintendent may, if satisfied that an inmate belongs to a religious denomination, if the inmate so desires and it is reasonably practicable so to do, make arrangements for the inmate to attend appropriate religious services or instruction.

12. Educational classes
The Superintendent may require an inmate to attend any course, class or lecture which the Superintendent considers would be beneficial to the inmate.

### Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Regulations 《戒毒所規例》

13. Leave of absence
(1) The Commissioner may grant to an inmate leave of absence for a period not exceeding 72 hours at any one time.
(2) An inmate granted leave of absence shall be given a pass in writing under the hand of the Commissioner setting out the period during which the inmate is permitted to be absent from the addiction treatment centre and the address at which the inmate is required to reside during his leave.
(3) An inmate who, without lawful excuse—
(a) fails to return to the addiction treatment 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.

14. Disciplinary offences
An inmate who commits any of the offences enumerated in rule 61 of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234 sub. leg. A) as applied by section 9 of the Ordinance shall be guilty of a disciplinary offence.
(E.R. 4 of 2019)

15. Punishment which may be imposed by the Superintendent
(1) An inmate who commits a disciplinary offence under regulation 13 or 14 shall be liable, by order of the Superintendent, to any one or more of the following punishments—
(a) (Repealed L.N. 166 of 1983)(b) separate confinement for a period not exceeding 28 days;
(c) forfeiture of privileges for a period not exceeding 3 months;
(d) deprivation of earnings or part thereof;
(e) deduction from earnings of the cost of any Government property lost, or wilfully damaged or destroyed by the inmate.
(2) An inmate may appeal to the Commissioner against any order made by the Superintendent under paragraph (1), within 48 hours after the making of the order, by giving notice in writing to the Superintendent, and the Superintendent shall forthwith notify the Commissioner accordingly and shall 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 Superintendent was competent to make under paragraph (1).

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

### Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance 《戒毒所條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
addiction treatment centre (戒毒所) means any place or building appointed by the Secretary for Security under section 3; (Amended 41 of 1977 s. 2)
Commissioner (署長) means the Commissioner of Correctional Services; (Amended L.N. 30 of 1982)
dangerous drug (危險藥物) has the meaning that it has for the purposes of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance (Cap. 134);
detention order (羈留令) means any order of detention made under section 4(1);
recall order (召回令) means an order made under section 6(1); (Replaced 5 of 1974 s. 2)
relevant offence (有關罪行) means an offence punishable with imprisonment otherwise than for non-payment of a fine;
supervision order (監管令) means an order for supervision made under section 5(1).

3. Addiction treatment centres
The Secretary for Security may by order appoint any place or building to be an addiction treatment centre for the cure and rehabilitation of persons found guilty of a relevant offence who are addicted to any dangerous drug.
(Amended 41 of 1977 s. 3)