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Ord. No. 53/87
Short title.
Amendment of
section 2.
(Cap. 213.)
L.S.
PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND JUVENILES (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
No. 53 of 1987
I assent.
David WILSON,
Governor.
9 July 1987
An Ordinance to amend the Protection of Women and Juveniles Ordinance.
[10 July 1987]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Protection of Women and Juveniles (Amendment) Ordinance 1987.
2.
Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended in the definition
of “infant" by inserting after “21” the following—
Amendment of section 34.
3.
"years".
Section 34 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1), by deleting "brought before the court" and
substituting the following-
"of or above the age of 7 years brought before the court or any other person under the age of 7 years";
(b) by inserting after subsection (1) the following-
"(1AA) In connexion with any motion or application under subsection (1) in respect of a child or juvenile the juvenile court-
(a) may require the child or juvenile to be brought
before the court; and
(b) shall give such directions as it thinks fit for notifying
a parent or guardian (whose whereabouts is known) of that child or juvenile of the motion or applica- tion."; and
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(c) in subsection (1B)(c)(iii), by deleting "treatment for his mental
condition" and substituting the following—
4.
"or surgical attention or treatment".
Section 34A of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "treatment for his mental condition" and substituting the following—
"or surgical attention or treatment giving due consideration to the wishes (if any) of the parent or guardian of the supervised person notified under section 34(1AA)(b)”.
5.
section 34A.
Section 34C(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting Amendment of after "child" in the third place where it occurs the following—
"(other than a child under the age of 7 years)”.
Section 34E(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in paragraph (a), by inserting "or" at the end thereof;
6.
(b) in paragraph (b), by deleting "and who is about to be brought
before a juvenile court for the purposes of section 34"; and
(c) in paragraph (c), by deleting "about to be brought before a juvenile
court for the purposes of" and substituting the following--
"the subject of a motion or application under”.
section 34C.
Amendment of section 34E.
7. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 34E Addition of new the following-
"Detention in hospital.
34F. (1) Where any of the circumstances set out in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) of section 34E apply in relation to a child or juvenile, any person mentioned in that subsection who is of the opinion that that child or juvenile is in need of urgent medical or surgical attention or treatment may take the child or juvenile to a hospital instead of to a place of refuge.
(2) A child or juvenile who is admitted to a hospital after being taken there under subsection (1) may be detained by the Director of Social Welfare in that hospital for so long as the attendance of the child or juvenile at that hospital is necessary for the purpose of medical or surgical attention or treatment and thereafter the Director of Social Welfare may take him to a place of refuge.
(3) Where a child or juvenile is taken to a place of refuge under subsection (2), section 34E(2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply as if he had been taken to a place of refuge under section 34E(1).
(4) Where a child or juvenile is detained in a hospital under subsection (2), the Director of Social Welfare shall have the like control over, and responsibility for maintenance of, that child or juvenile as a person in charge of a place of refuge under section 34E would have had if the child or juvenile had been detained in that place of refuge.".
section 34F.
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