Hong Kong Regulations

IMMIGRATION (VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS) (DETENTION CENTRES) RULES - RULE 9

Examination and search

(1) All persons, vehicles, vessels and helicopters entering or leaving a
detention centre may, for good cause, be examined and searched. (L.N. 176 of
1992)

(2) The Superintendent may refuse admission to a detention centre of a person
who is unwilling to be examined and searched.

(3) A person suspected by an officer of bringing into or carrying out of a
detention centre any article without the permission of the Superintendent may
be stopped and detained by that officer and immediate notice thereof shall be
given to the Superintendent who may order that he shall be examined and
searched.

(4) The Superintendent may direct the removal from a detention centre of a
person who while in a detention centre is unwilling to be examined or searched
or whose conduct is improper.

(5) The searching of any person under this rule shall be conducted with due
regard to decency and self-respect, and in as seemly a manner as is consistent
with the necessity of discovering any concealed articles.

(6) No person shall be searched by, or in the presence of, an officer of the
opposite sex. (Enacted 1989)