### Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance 《保護兒童及少年條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance.
(Amended 25 of 1993 s. 3)

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
approved social worker (認可社工) means a social worker approved by the Director of Social Welfare as possessing the appropriate qualification and experience to make an assessment of a child or juvenile pursuant to section 45A; (Added 25 of 1993 s. 4)
child (兒童), young person (少年人), and juvenile court (少年法庭) have the meanings assigned to them by the Juvenile Offenders Ordinance (Cap. 226);
juvenile (少年) means a person who is, in the opinion of a court or a person exercising any power under this Ordinance, 14 years of age or upwards and under the age of 18 years; (Added 32 of 1978 s. 2)
marriage (婚姻) includes non-Christian customary marriages duly celebrated according to the personal law and religion of the parties; (Amended E.R. 2 of 2020)
place of refuge (收容所) means any place declared by the Chief Executive under section 2A to be a place of refuge; (Replaced 44 of 1965 s. 2. Amended 66 of 1999 s. 3)
supervision order (監管令) means an order made under section 34(1)(d) placing a child or juvenile under supervision, and supervised person (受監管人) and supervisor (監管人員), in relation to a supervision order, mean respectively the child or juvenile placed or to be placed under supervision by the order and the person under whose supervision he is placed or to be placed under the order. (Added 32 of 1978 s. 2)
(Amended 1 of 1978 s. 8; 25 of 1993 s. 4)

2A. Power of Chief Executive to declare places of refuge
The Chief Executive may by order declare any place to be a place of refuge for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(Added 44 of 1965 s. 3. Amended 66 of 1999 s. 3)

### Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance 《保護兒童及少年條例》

3. Presumption and determination of age
Where the age of any person at any time is material for the purposes of any provision of this Ordinance empowering the District Court or a juvenile court to make an order with respect to such person, his age at the material time shall be deemed to be or to have been that which appears to such court, after considering any available evidence, to be or to have been his age at that time.
(Added 33 of 1979 s. 2)[cf. 1948 c. 58 s. 80(3) U.K.]

16. Powers of authorized persons to visit suspected premises
Any police officer, not being below the rank of sergeant, who is authorized generally in writing for that purpose by the Commissioner of Police, and any person who is authorized generally in writing for that purpose by the Director of Social Welfare, may at all times, without notice, enter and demand to see and interrogate any or all the inmates of any place on land or water which he may have reason to believe is used as a lodging house for prostitutes or as a brothel or in connection with which he may have reason to believe that an offence has been committed under this Ordinance.
(Amended 1 of 1958 Schedule)

26. Abduction of child or juvenile
Any person who unlawfully takes or causes to be taken any child or juvenile out of the possession and against the will of the father or mother or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of such child or juvenile shall be guilty of an offence punishable on conviction on indictment by imprisonment for 2 years.
(Amended 1 of 1958 Schedule; 50 of 1991 s. 4; 25 of 1993 s. 5)[cf. 1861 c. 100 s. 55 U.K.]

27. Presumptions as to age of girl
When a person is charged with an offence under this Ordinance, or under any other enactment, in respect of a girl, juvenile, young person or child who is alleged in the charge or indictment to be under any specified age, and such girl, juvenile, young person or child appears to the presiding magistrate or judge to be under that age, such girl, juvenile, young person or child shall for the purposes of the enactment under which the charge or indictment is brought be deemed to be under that age unless the contrary is proved.
(Amended 32 of 1978 s. 3)

### Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance 《保護兒童及少年條例》

28. No summary conviction or warrant to be quashed for want of form
No summary conviction under this Ordinance shall be quashed for want of form or be removed by certiorari, and no warrant of commitment shall be held void by reason of any defect therein, provided it is therein alleged that the party has been convicted and there is a good and valid conviction to sustain the same.
[cf. 1861 c. 100 s. 72 U.K.]

### Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance 《保護兒童及少年條例》

34A. Power to include requirements in supervision orders
A supervision order may require the supervised person to comply during the whole or any part of the duration of the supervision order with such requirements, including requirements as to residence or medical or surgical attention or treatment giving due consideration to the wishes (if any) of the parent or guardian of the supervised person notified under section 34(1AA)(b), as the juvenile court, having regard to the circumstances of the case, considers necessary for securing the adequate care, protection and control of the supervised person.
(Replaced 32 of 1978 s. 7. Amended 53 of 1987 s. 4)

34B. Duty of supervisor
While a supervision order is in force it shall be the duty of the supervisor to advise, assist and befriend the supervised person.
(Added 32 of 1978 s. 7)[cf. 1969 c. 54 s. 14 U.K.]