CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (AMENDMENT)
Ord. No. 14/80
A71
HONG KONG
No. 14 OF 1980
I assent.
L.S.
MURRAY MACLEHOSE,
Governor.
1 May 1980.
An Ordinance to amend the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.
[2 May 1980]
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 Criminal Procedure (Amend- Short title, ment) Ordinance 1980.
2. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 109A Addition of the following sub-heading and sections-
Supervision orders.
(No. 14 of
1980.)
(Cap. 244.)
(Cap. 280.)
"Supervision of young prisoners on release from prison
109AA. (1) On the release from prison of a person who has not yet attained the age of 25 the Commissioner of Prisons shall, subject to subsection (2), make a supervision order against him where the sentence of imprisonment which that person has served is for a term-
(a) of 3 months or more;
(b) other than in default of payment of a sum of
money; and
(c) which that person began to serve-
(i) before he attained the age of 21; and
(ii) after the commencement of the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 1980.
(2) No supervision order shall be made under sub- section (1) on the release of a person sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years or less in respect of whom there is revived upon his release--
(a) a detention order, supervision order, or recall order, that was suspended under section 6A of the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance; or
(b) a sentence of detention in a training centre, a supervision notice, or an order of recall, that was suspended under section 5A of the Training Centres Ordinance.
(3) A supervision order under subsection (1) shall con- tain conditions that the person against whom it is made shall-
(a) subject to subsections (4) and (5), be subject to supervision by such organization or person as may be specified therein for a period commencing on the date of his release from prison and expiring not more than 12 months thereafter; and
new sections 109AA, 109AB & 109AC. (Cap. 221.)