Hong Kong Ordinances

DISTRICT COURT ORDINANCE - SECT 24

Enforcement of orders and warrants for imprisonment

Whenever any order or warrant for the committal of any person to prison is
made or issued by the Court or a judge, the order or warrant shall be directed
to the Registrar who shall thereby be empowered to take the body of the person
against whom the order is made on the warrant issued and it shall be the duty-

   (a)  of every police officer to assist in the execution of every such order
        or warrant; and

   (b)  of the officer in charge of the prison mentioned in any such order or
        warrant to receive and keep the person therein mentioned until he is
        lawfully discharged. (Replaced 21 of 1962 s. 12)