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Chapter: | 567
 | Title: | REHABILITATION CENTRES ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 74 of 2002 |
| Section: | 2 | Heading: | Interpretation | Version Date: | 11/07/2002 |
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"addiction treatment centre" (戒毒所) means a place or building appointed to be an addiction treatment centre under section 3 of the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres Ordinance (Cap 244);
"approved" (獲允許) means approved by the Commissioner;
"Commissioner" (署長) means the Commissioner of Correctional Services;
"correctional services officer" (懲教人員) means an officer of the Correctional Services Department;
"court" (法庭) includes a magistrate;
"detention" (羈留) means detention in a rehabilitation centre;
"detention centre" (勞教中心) means a place or building appointed to be a detention centre under section 3 of the Detention Centres Ordinance (Cap 239);
"detention order" (羈留令) means an order of detention made under section 4(1);
"initial detention period" (前段羈留期), in relation to a young offender, means the period referred to in section 4(5)(a);
"person unlawfully at large" (非法地不受羈留的人) means-
- (a) an escapee from a rehabilitation centre;
(b) a person who fails to return to a rehabilitation centre at the expiration of the period for which permission under section 5(1) or leave of absence for whatever purposes has been granted; or
(c) a person who, being the subject of a recall order, fails to return to a rehabilitation centre after having been required to do so by the Commissioner,
"recall order" (召回令) means an order made under section 7(1) requiring a person to return to a rehabilitation centre;
"regulations" (《規例》) means regulations made under section 13;
"rehabilitation centre" (更生中心) means a place or building appointed under section 3 to be a rehabilitation centre;
"relevant offence" (有關罪行) means an offence punishable by imprisonment, other than for non-payment of a fine, but not an offence the sentence for which is fixed by law;
"subsequent period of residence" (後段居住期), in relation to a young offender, means the period referred to in section 4(5)(b);
"supervision order" (監管令) means an order for supervision made under section 6(1);
"training centre" (教導所) means an institution established as a training centre under section 3 of the Training Centres Ordinance (Cap 280);
"young offender" (青少年犯) means an offender of or over 14 and under 21 years of age.