Hong Kong Regulations

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (TREATMENT OF DETAINED PERSONS) ORDER - PARAGRAPH 5

Appointment and duties of guarding officers

(1) The Commissioner may appoint officers to be guarding officers for the
purposes of this order.

(2) A guarding officer shall, while a detainee is in his custody, be
responsible for the safe custody and welfare of the detainee and for
discharging such other duties as are imposed on him by this order in relation
to the detainee.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph 2A or in this paragraph, the
guarding officer may temporarily place a detainee in the custody of another
officer for the purpose of furthering an investigation, in which case that
other officer shall, until he returns the detainee to the custody of the
guarding officer at the Detention Centre, have the responsibilities and duties
of a guarding officer referred to in sub-paragraph (2) in relation to the
detainee.

(51 of 1987 s. 9)