Hong Kong Regulations

IMMIGRATION (VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE) (SHEK KWU CHAU DETENTION CENTRE) RULES - RULE 3

Interpretation

(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Centre" (中心) means the Shek Kwu Chau Detention Centre;

"Commissioner" (處長) means the Commissioner of Police;

"deputy Manager" (代理經理) means a person appointed by the Commissioner
under rule 4(1)(c) to deputise for the Manager;

"detainee" (被羈留者) means a person authorized to be detained in the
Centre;

"Manager" (經理) means-

   (a)  the person appointed by the Commissioner under rule 4(1)(b) to assist
        him in the control and management of the Centre;

   (b)  a deputy Manager while deputising for the Manager;

"Medical Officer" (醫生) means a Government medical officer assigned to the
Centre by the Director of Health or a doctor assigned to the Centre by a
voluntary agency approved by the Secretary for Security;

"representative" (代表) means a person appointed by the Manager under rule
4(2) to perform specified functions at the Centre;

"Shek Kwu Chau Detention Centre" (石鼓洲羈留中心) means the island of
Shek Kwu Chau;

"Superintendent" (監督) means-

   (a)  the person appointed under rule 4(1)(a) to be in charge of the Centre;

   (b)  in his absence, the most senior police officer on duty at the Centre;

"visiting justices" (巡視中心太平紳士) means justices of the peace
appointed by the Governor under section 23 of the Prisons Ordinance (
Cap 234).

(2) In these rules, the expression "for good cause" (為好的因由) means
insofar as is necessary to protect security, order, health or morals in the
Centre or the well-being of detainees generally. (Enacted 1991)

"Centre" (中心)

"Commissioner" (處長)

"deputy Manager" (代理經理)

"detainee" (被羈留者)

"Manager" (經理)

"Medical Officer" (醫生)

"representative" (代表)

"Shek Kwu Chau Detention Centre" (石鼓洲羈留中心)

"Superintendent" (監督)

"visiting justices" (巡視中心太平紳士)

"for good cause" (為好的因由)