Citation.
Application.
Interpretation.
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L.N. 263,82
L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 27/1982
IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE
(Chapter 115)
IMMIGRATION (VIETNAMESE REFUGEE CENTRES) (CLOSED CENTRE) RULES 1982
Made under section 13C
PRELIMINARY
1. These rules may be cited as the Immigration (Vietnamese Refugee Centres) (Closed Centre) Rules 1982.
2.
These rules apply to the Vietnamese Refugee Centres specified in the Schedule.
3. In these rules unless the context otherwise requires- "centre" means a Vietnamese Refugee Centre to which these rules apply; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Correctional Services; "detainee" means a Vietnamese refugee who has been directed to be
detained in a centre;
"Medical Officer" means a Government medical officer assigned to a centre
by the Director of Medical and Health Services;
"officer" means an officer of the Correctional Services Department appointed under rule 4(2) to assist the Commissioner in the control and manage- ment of a centre;
"Superintendent" means the Superintendent appointed under rule 4(2) to be
in charge of a centre;
"visiting justices" means the justices of the peace appointed by the Governor
under section 23 of the Prisons Ordinance.
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Control and management.
Accommoda-
tion.
General orders.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
4. (1) The Commissioner shall have control and management of all
centres.
(2) The Commissioner shall appoint an officer of the Correctional Services Department to be the Superintendent in charge of each centre and such other officers of, and persons employed in, the Correctional Services Department as may be necessary to assist him in the control and manage- ment of a centre.
5. Detainees shall occupy accommodation within a centre as directed by the Superintendent.
6. (1) The Commissioner may issue such general orders and instruc- tions not inconsistent with the Ordinance or these rules as are necessary or expedient for the administration of centres.
(2) Every officer and other person employed in a centre shall in the exercise of any powers, functions or duties under the Ordinance or these rules comply with any general orders and instructions issued under paragraph (1).