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Ord. No. 41/77
DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRES
(AMENDMENT)
L.S.
HONG KONG
No. 41 OF 1977
I assent.
Short title.
Amendment of section 2. (Cap. 244.)
Amendment of section 3.
Amendment of section 4.
Amendment of section 6.
Amendment of section 8A.
Transitional provision.
MURRAY MACLEHOSE,
Governor.
16th June, 1977.
An Ordinance to amend the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance.
[17th June, 1977]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres (Amendment) Ordinance 1977.
2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended in the definition of "addiction treatment centre" by deleting "Governor" and substituting the following—
"Secretary for Security".
3. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "Governor" and substituting the following-
"Secretary for Security".
4. Section 4(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "6 months and not more than 18 months" and substituting the following- "4 months and not more than 12 months".
5. Section 6(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "18 months from the date of the detention order or 6 months" and sub- stituting the following-
6.
"12 months from the date of the detention order or 4 months".
Section 8A(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "18" and substituting the following-
"12".
7. (1) The amendments to sections 4(2) and 6(2) of the principal Ordinance made by sections 4 and 5 of this Ordinance shall apply to any person who, at the commencement of this Ordinance, is detained in an addiction treatment centre pursuant to a detention order made under section 4(1) of the principal Ordinance or pursuant to a recall order made under section 6(1) of the principal Ordinance.
(2) Where, upon the commencement of this Ordinance, any person detained in an addiction treatment centre pursuant to a detention order made under section 4(1) of the principal Ordinance or pursuant to a recall order made under section 6(1) of the principal Ordinance has been so detained for more than 12 months, such person shall be released from detention.