Amendment of
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Acction 7.
Amendment of section 8.
Amendment of section 10.
Amendment of section 13.
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Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is amended— (a) in subsection (1)—
(i) by deleting "person under the age of sixteen years” and substituting the following-
"young person"; and
(ii) by inserting after “, and if he" the following
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or in the case of a young person, his parent or guardian on his behalf,":
(b) in subsection (2)
(i) by inserting after "six months" in sub-paragraph () of paragraph (a) the following—
"or, in the case of a young person, twelve months"; and
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(i) by inserting after "person" in sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (a) the following--
"and at such times"; and
(i) by inserting after "not exceeding six months” in paragraph (b) the following--
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"or, in the case of a young person, for a period not excceding twelve months",
4. Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after "six months" the following--
"or, in the case of a patient who is a young person, for the remainder of the period of twelve months".
5. Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by inserting after "six months" the following—
"or, in the case of a young person, twelve months"; and
(b) by deleting "twenty-eight" and substituting the follow-
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"ninety".
6. Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in subsection (2) by deleting "under the age of sixteen
years" and substituting the following—
"who is a young person":
(b) in subsection (3) by deleting "under the age of sixteen
years" and substituting the following-
"who is a young person"; and
(c) in subsection (4) by deleting "twenty-eight" wherever il
occurs and substituting the following-
"ninety".
7, Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended in subsection (1) by deleting "If any patient, or in the case of a patient under the age of sixteen years his parent or guardian, is aggrieved by his detention or the detention of the patient, as the case may be, in a centre in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, the patient or his parent or guardian” and sub- stituting the following-
"If a patient, or in the case of a patient who is a young person his parent or guardian, is aggrieved by his detention or the detention of the young person, as the case may be, in a ccatre in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, the patient or the parent or guardian of the patient who is a young person”.
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 12th day of April, 1972.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
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Clerk to the Legislative Council.
Amendment of section 16.