### Prisons Ordinance 《監獄條例》

23. Visiting justices and visiting committees
(1) For the purpose of visiting prisons and other institutions under the control of the Commissioner, the Chief Executive— (Amended 15 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) shall appoint such numbers of justices of the peace as he considers necessary; and
(b) may appoint fit and proper persons to serve on visiting committees.
(2) Visiting justices and visiting committees shall carry out the duties and exercise the powers prescribed by rules made under section 25.

24. Powers of delegation
(1) Save where the contrary intention appears from the context of this or any other Ordinance and subject to any special instructions of the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner may exercise and perform any of the powers, functions and duties which are conferred or imposed upon the Commissioner by this or any other Ordinance except any power to dismiss a subordinate officer which may be conferred on the Commissioner by or under this Ordinance.
(2) Save where the contrary intention appears from the context of this or any other Ordinance and subject to any special instructions of the Chief Executive, the Commissioner may authorize any senior officer by name, office or appointment to exercise and perform any of the powers, functions and duties which are conferred or imposed upon the Commissioner by this or any other Ordinance except any power to dismiss a subordinate officer which may be conferred on the Commissioner by or under this Ordinance. (Amended 15 of 1999 s. 3)
(Replaced 35 of 1977 s. 5)

24A. Chief Executive to determine dietary scales
The Chief Executive may determine dietary scales of plain and wholesome food which shall be supplied to each prisoner.
(Added 19 of 1969 s. 6. Amended 15 of 1999 s. 3)

24B. Hostels
(1) The Secretary for Security may, by order published in the Gazette, provide for—
(a) any building or portion of a building to be set aside as a hostel for the purposes of this Ordinance;
(b) the discontinuance of the use of such building or portion of a building as a hostel.
(2) A hostel shall be under the control of the Commissioner.
(3) A person who is—
(a) required, by any supervision order made under the authority of any Ordinance, to reside in a hostel; and
(b) employed outside the hostel under a contract of service or apprenticeship and remunerated,
may be required to pay such charges in respect of his food and accommodation in the hostel as the Commissioner, with the approval of the Financial Secretary, may determine.
(Added 44 of 1987 s. 2)

### Prisons Ordinance 《監獄條例》

24C. Definitions: Part III
In this Part—
acquire (取得) means acquire by purchase or by any other lawful means;

amenities (設施活動) means any of the following—
(a) facilities that are not chargeable to the general revenue, including holiday premises and recreational facilities (whether provided free or for a charge);
(b) social, educational and recreational activities and performances (whether provided free or for a charge and whether provided for participation or as spectator events);

beneficiaries (受益人) means the following persons—
(a) Correctional Services employees;
(b) former Correctional Services employees;
(c) dependants of deceased persons who, at the time of death, were Correctional Services employees or former Correctional Services employees;

corporation (法團) means the corporation sole constituted under section 24D(1);
Correctional Services employee (懲教署僱員) means an officer of the Department or any other person employed in the prisons;
Department means the Correctional Services Department;

dependant (受養人) means—
(a) in relation to a Correctional Services employee or a former Correctional Services employee—a person who, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is wholly or partially dependent on the employee or former employee; and
(b) in relation to a deceased Correctional Services employee or a deceased former Correctional Services employee—a person who, in the opinion of the Commissioner, was, at the time of the death of the employee or former employee, wholly or partially dependent on the employee or former employee;

dispose of (處置) means dispose of by sale, lease, hiring, mortgage or any other lawful means;

former Correctional Services employee (前懲教署僱員) means a person who was formerly an officer of the Department, or who was formerly employed in the prisons, and—
(a) who has retired from the Department with retirement benefits; or (Amended 6 of 2009 s. 23)
(b) whose contract of service as an officer or employee of the Department has expired on or after the person reached 55 years of age without the contract being renewed;

function (職能) includes a power, an authority and a duty;
Fund (基金) means the Correctional Services Department Welfare Fund continued by section 24E;
this Part (本部) includes rules made under section 25(1)(e).

### Prisons Ordinance 《監獄條例》

24D. Commissioner to be corporation sole for purposes of this Part
(1) The Commissioner is constituted as a corporation sole for the purposes of this Part with the corporate name of “Commissioner of Correctional Services of Hong Kong Incorporated”.
(2) The corporation—
(a) has perpetual succession; and
(b) for the purposes of this Part, may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and
(c) may take legal proceedings and be proceeded against in its corporate name; and
(d) is required to have a corporate seal; and
(e) for the purposes of this Part, has the capacity to do and be subjected to all other things that bodies corporate may, by law, do and be subjected to.
(3) A document requiring authentication by the corporation is sufficiently authenticated if it is signed by the Commissioner or by any officer of the Department authorized to do so by the Commissioner.
(4) The affixing of the corporate seal to a document executed by the corporation is not valid unless authenticated by the Commissioner or an officer of the Department designated for the purpose by the Commissioner.
(5) The corporation is not a trustee for the beneficiaries, but, subject to subsection (6), nothing in this Part limits a right conferred by law to bring legal proceedings against the corporation for a contravention of this Part or a failure to perform a duty imposed by this Part.
(6) Neither the Commissioner nor any delegate of the corporation is personally liable in any legal proceedings arising out of an act done or omitted to be done in relation to the Fund if the act was done or omitted to be done in good faith for the purpose of giving effect to this Part.

24E. Continuance of Correctional Services Department Welfare Fund
(1) The fund called the “Correctional Services Department Welfare Fund” in English and “懲教署福利基金” in Chinese is continued by this section.
(2) The Fund and the property derived from the application of the Fund are vested in the corporation.