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order,

Recall order.

supervision order against a child or young person who u released from a place of detention after having been detained for less than 6 months under a detention order,

(2) A supervision order shall contain conditions that- (a) for a period from the date of his release until the expiration of 6 months from the date of the deten- tion order, the child or young person shall be subject to supervision by such organization or person as may be specified therein; and

(b) the child or young person shall, while under such supervision, comply with such requirements, includ- Ing requirements as to residence, as may be specified therein.

(3) The Director of Social Welfare may at any time vary or cancel & Gupervision order.

148. (1) The Director of Social Welfare may, if he is satisfied that a child or young person against whom a super- vision order is in force has failed to comply wtih any condi- tion or requirement of or made under the order, make a recall order against such child or young person requiring him to return to a place of detention, and thereupon such child or young person may be arrested and taken to a place of detention.

(2) A child or young person who bas returned or been taken to a place of detention under subsection (1) may be detained und) the expiration of 6 months from the date of the detention order.

(3) The Director of Social Welfare may at any time release any such child or young person, and a further super-

HONG KONG

No. 12 or 1977

I assent.

Mr. M. Leba

Governor.

16th February, 1977.

An Ordinance to repeal and re-enact the Guardianship of Minors Ordin-

ance.

[17th February, 1977]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

PART 1 PRELIMINARY

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Guardianship of Minors Story tlile. Ordinance 1977.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"court" means the High Court or the District Court:

"maintenance" includes education;

"parent" means father or molber.

PART II

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Interpretaticxo,

(1) In relation to the custody or upbringing of a minor, and in Genend relation to the administration of any property belonging to or held in principics. trust for a minor or the application of the income of any such property- 1921

14 (a) in any proceedings before any court (whether or not a court as 1971 2. 29,

defined in section 2) the court shall regard the welfare of the SHI minor as the first and paramount consideration, and shall not take into consideration whether from any other point of view the