Hong Kong Regulations

TRAINING CENTRES REGULATIONS - REGULATION 18

Leave of absence

(1) The Commissioner may grant any inmate leave of absence from a training
centre for a period not exceeding 5 days at any one time. Any inmate granted
leave of absence shall be given a pass in writing under the hand of the
Commissioner setting out the period during which the inmate is permitted to be
absent from the training centre and the address at which the inmate is to
reside during his leave. (L.N. 63 of 1989)

(2) Any inmate who without due cause does not return to the training centre at
or before the expiration of the period for which he has been granted leave
shall be deemed to have absconded from the training centre and shall be liable
to be punished in the manner prescribed by regulation 20. (G.N.A. 40 of 1954)