Clause 3
HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
18 October 1989
香港立法局—————————一九八九年十月十八日
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SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, I move that Clause 3 of the Bill be amended as set out in the paper circulated to Members.
The purpose of the amendment is to ensure that the rules governing separate confinement specify the circumstances in which separate confinement may take place. Separate confinement may be provided for as a punishment under the new section 13H(6)(a), but security considerations, such as the protection of a detainee, may mean that separate confinement is required in other circumstances. Those circumstances will be provided for under the new section 13H(6)(b).
Whilst separate confinement for the purpose of punishment would generally refer to individual confinement, separate confinement for other reasons may also involve a family or a larger group.
Sir, I beg to move.
Proposed amendment
Clause 3
That clause 3 be amended, in the new section 13H(6)(b), by deleting "(whether as a punishment or not)" and substituting
"and the circumstances under which a person may be so confined".
Question on the amendment proposed, put and agreed to.
Question on clause 3, as amended, proposed, put and agreed to.
ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BILL 1989
Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to.
SUMMARY OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL
Clauses 1 and 2 were agreed to.
Council then resumed.