1979-HKRS28-16-27_Part03 — Page 31

"Court to consider report of the CorndalouCT of Priod la kid cove of certain drug

(Cup. 244.)

(C. 198)

(Cap. 210)

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MA. (0) No sentence, other than EDL non-custodial sentence, shall be imposed on a person for an offence against section 8 or 36 unless the court bas first considered a report of the Commissioner of Prisons on the suitability of such person for cure and rehabilitation and on the availability of places at addiction treatment centres (as defined in the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordia- ance), and it the court has not received such a report it shall, before the person is sentenced, remand him In the custody of the Commissioner of Prisons for such period, not exceeding 3 weeks, as the court thinks necessary to enable such å report to be made.

(2) The Commissioner of Prisons shall, in his reporti under subsection (1), inform the court whether or not detention order under the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance has previously been made in respect of the person to whom the report relates.

(3) Section 4(3) of the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance shall not apply where a report i obtained under this section.

(4) In this section "non-custodial sentence" one or more of the following sentences-

(0) a one:

(8) a probation order under section 3 of the Probation"

of Offenders Ordinance;

(c) a suspended sentence of imprisonment under section

1099 of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance.”.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 1st day of August 1979.

Clerk the Legijative Council

This printed impression has been carefully compared me with the bill, and is found by me to be a trueĉnd cofrectly printed copy of the said bil

Clerk tolche Legislative Council.

Actin

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