Cap 503 s 20 Transit (Fugitive Offenders Ordinance)

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Chapter:	503	Title:	Fugitive Offenders Ordinance	Gazette Number:	E.R. 1 of 2013
Section:	20	Heading:	Transit	Version Date:	25/04/2013

Remarks:

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 71 of 1999 s. 3

(1) Where a prescribed place wishes to transport in custody through Hong Kong a person who is being surrendered to that place by another place outside Hong Kong (and whether or not that other place is a prescribed place)-

(a) that person may be transported in custody through Hong Kong for the purposes of being so surrendered;

(b) an authorized officer may, for the purposes of such transport, hold that person in custody for not more than-

(i) 48 hours; or

(ii) such further period as is permitted by an order under subsection (2).

(2) The Chief Executive may, if satisfied that it is reasonable and necessary for a person referred to in subsection (1) to be held in custody by an authorized officer for more than 48 hours for the purposes of facilitating the transport referred to in that subsection, by order authorize any authorized officer to hold that person in custody for such further period-

(a) as is specified in the order; and

(b) that the Chief Executive is satisfied is reasonable and necessary for those purposes. (Amended 71 of 1999 s. 3)