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HONG KONG

No. 34 of 1960.

I assent.

R&Ba

Governor.

8th September, 1960.

An Ordinance to establish centres for the treatment and rehabilitation

of addicts of drugs and of intoxicants and for purposes connected therewith.

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BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows-

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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Drug Addicts Treatment Short title and Rehabilitation Ordinance, 1960, and shall come into operation on MOROCCOL.

1 day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.

And com-

tion.

2. In this Ordinance, save where the context otherwise requires- Loterpreta- "addict" means a person who, by reason of his addiction to drugs or to intoxicants, is dangerous either to himself or to others or is incapable of managing himself or his affairs or of ordinary proper conduct or is in serious danger of physical or mental disorder;