DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - CHAPTER 326A DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - LONG TITLE Empowering section (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997 (Cap 326 section 21) [3 February 1961] (G.N.A. 93 of 1960) DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 1 Citation VerDate:30/06/1997 These regulations may be cited as the Drug Addicts Treatment and Rehabilitation Regulations. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2 Application for admission to a centre VerDate:30/06/1997 An application in accordance with the provisions of section 7(1) of the Ordinance shall be made in either Form 1 or Form 2 in the Schedule. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3 Bond VerDate:30/06/1997 A bond to pay to the Government or to such other person as may be entitled thereto, the proper costs of maintenance and treatment in a centre of a patient, in accordance with the provisions of section 11(1) of the Ordinance shall be in Form 3 in the Schedule. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4 Bond VerDate:30/06/1997 A bond to secure the continued presence in a centre of a patient made in accordance with section 12 of the Ordinance shall be in Form 4 in the Schedule. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5 Summons to witness VerDate:30/06/1997 A summons to a witness issued in accordance with the provision of section 15 of the Ordinance shall be in Form 5 in the Schedule. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6 Responsibility for treatment and care VerDate:30/06/1997 A superintendent shall be responsible for, the treatment and care of all patients in a centre and for the maintenance of good order in the centre. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7 Visitors and telephone calls VerDate:30/06/1997 A superintendent may refuse to permit any person other than a visitor to visit a patient in a centre or to permit a patient in a centre to make or to receive any telephone call at the centre. Censorship of letters, etc. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 8 Censorship of letters, etc. VerDate:30/06/1997 A superintendent may open and examine any letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter which is delivered or left at a centre addressed to a patient in the centre and may refuse to permit any such letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter to be delivered to a patient and may return to the sender, if known, any such letter, postal packet, parcel or other matter and may delete in any letter any part thereof. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 9 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 9 Employment of patients VerDate:30/06/1997 A patient in a centre may be employed on such work in the centre as the superintendent may consider necessary or desirable. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10 Possession of articles without authority VerDate:30/06/1997 No patient in a centre shall have in his possession, without the authority of the superintendent, any article and any such article found in his possession may be confiscated by the superintendent. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11 Prohibition of entry to a centre VerDate:30/06/1997 Any person who enters a centre without lawful authority or excuse shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of $2000. (28 of 1986 s. 9) DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 12 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 12 Appeal to Board VerDate:30/06/1997 If a notice of appeal in writing, made by a patient or by a visitor is handed to or comes into the possession of a superintendent or of any other person employed in a centre, the superintendent shall forthwith cause such notice of appeal to be transmitted to the Chairman of the Board. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 13 (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 13 Hearing of appeal VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) When the Chairman of the Board receives a notice of appeal in writing from a patient, from a visitor, or from a superintendent, he shall cause a meeting of the Board to be summoned for a date not more than fourteen days after the receipt of such appeal and shall cause such appeal to be heard at such meeting. (2) Any meeting of the Board may be adjourned for any period or periods not exceeding in all twenty-eight days from the date when an appeal was first brought before the Board. DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE (Repealed 10 of 2001 s. 31) VerDate:01/04/2002 DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE VerDate:30/06/1997 FORM 1 [rule 2] DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ORDINANCE (Chapter 326) Application for Admission to an Addiction Treatment Centre The Superintendent of the Addiction Treatment Centre at Hong Kong. I ......................................................................... (......................................................) (Name in English). (Name in Chinese Characters, if any). of ........................................................................... .............................................................. (Address). hereby apply, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the Drug Addicts Treatment and Rehabilitation Ordinance (Cap 326), for admission to the above-mentioned Addiction Treatment Centre. 2. I undertake that- (i) I shall remain and may be detained in the said centre or in any other centre to which I may be transferred if required by the superintendent of the centre, for a period not exceeding six months from the date of my first admission to the said centre in accordance with this application; (ii) I shall submit myself to such treatment as may from time to time be prescribed by the superintendent of the centre in which I am detained; (iii) I shall obey all lawful orders given to me by the superintendent or by any person authorized by the superintendent; (iv) if required by the superintendent, I shall leave the centre in which I am detained forthwith; and (v) I may be visited only by such persons as are permitted by the superintendent. 3. I acknowledge that I may be detained against my will in the said centre or in any such centre to which I may be transferred, for a period not exceeding six months from the date of my first admission to a centre in accordance with this application and that I may be forcibly retaken by the superintendent or by any police officer if I absent myself from the centre in which I am detained, without the permission of the superintendent of the centre. 4. If required, I undertake to repay to* ....................................................................... the cost of my maintenance and treatment in such centre as I may be detained, in accordance with such scale as has been shown to me before I completed this application or on such scale as may be prescribed from time to time. Dated this ........................ day of ...................... 19 ......... Signed by the said .............................................. (Signature of Applicant). in the presence of- ｝ * The Hong Kong Government or such other person as may be entitled thereto. FORM 2 [rule 2] DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ORDINANCE (Chapter 326) Application for Admission to an Addiction Treatment Centre The Superintendent of the Addiction Treatment Centre at Hong Kong. I ......................................................................... (......................................................) (Name in English). (Name in Chinese Characters, if any). of ........................................................................... .............................................................. (Address). hereby apply, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the Drug Addicts Treatment and Rehabilitation Ordinance (Cap 326), for the admission of ......................................................... (Name in English). (................................................................) of ....................................................................., (Name in Chinese Characters, if any). (Address) a young person, of whom I am a parent/the guardian, to the above-mentioned Addiction Treatment Centre. 2. I undertake that the said ........................................................................... ............- (i) will remain and may be detained in the said centre or in any other centre to which he may be transferred if required by the superintendent of the centre, for a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of his first admission to the said centre in accordance with this application; (ii) will submit himself to such treatment as may from time to time be prescribed by the superintendent of the centre in which he is detained; (iii) will obey all lawful orders given to him by the superintendent or by any person authorized by the superintendent; (iv) if required by the superintendent, will leave the centre in which he is detained, within forty-eight hours of being so required; and (v) may be visited only by such persons as are permitted by the superintendent. 3. I acknowledge that he may be detained against his will in the said centre or in any such centre to which he may be transferred, for a period not exceeding twelve months from the date of his first admission to a centre in accordance with this application and that he may be forcibly retaken by the superintendent or by any police officer if he absents himself from the centre in which he is detained, without the permission of the superintendent of the centre. 4. If required, I undertake to repay to*........................................................................ . the cost of his maintenance and treatment in such centre as he may be detained, in accordance with such scale as has been shown to me before I completed this application or on such scale as may be prescribed from time to time. Dated this ....................... day of ..................... 19 ........ Signed by the said .............................................. (Signature of Applicant). in the presence of- ｝ * The Hong Kong Government or such other person as may be entitled thereto. FORM 3 [rule 3] DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ORDINANCE (Chapter 326) Bond to pay Cost of Treatment BY THIS BOND I ........................................................................... ............................ (Name in English). (.............................................................) of ......................................................................... (Name in Chinese Characters, if any). (Address). acknowledge myself bound to *.......................................................................... ..................... in accordance with the provisions of section 11 of the Drug Addicts Treatment and Rehabilitation Ordinance (Cap 326), in the sum of $ ................................................................. (.......................................................................... ................................... Hong Kong Dollars) to be paid to the said* ........................................................................... ................................. Sealed with my seal this .................. day of ................... 19 ......... NOW THE ABOVE WRITTEN BOND is conditioned to be void in case the above-bounden ........................................................................... ....................................., his personal representative or any person acting for or on behalf of him shall within one month of the lawful demand therefor, from time to time, pay to* ............................................................. all sums due in respect of the proper cost of maintenance and treatment of ............................... (Name in English). (.......................................................) of ........................................................................... .... (Name in Chinese Characters, if any). (Address). ........................................................................... ................... in the drug addiction treatment centre at ........................................................................... ............................ or in any other centre to which he may be transferred but in the event of the above-bounden ........................................................................... ..................... or his personal representative failing to pay the said sums whenever due, the above written bond shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding that no demand has been made for the same by the said *.......................................................................... ..... Signed, sealed and delivered by the said (Signature of Applicant). .............................................. in the presence of- ｝ * The Hong Kong Government or such other person as may be entitled thereto. FORM 4 [rule 4] DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ORDINANCE (Chapter 326) Bond to Secure the Continued Presence of a Patient in a Centre BY THIS BOND I ........................................................................... ............................ (Name in English). (.....................................................) of ........................................................................... ...... (Name in Chinese Characters, if any). (Address). acknowledge myself bound to *.......................................................................... ..................... in accordance with the provisions of section 12 of the Drug Addicts Treatment and Rehabilitation Ordinance (Cap 326), in the sum of $ ................................................................. (.......................................................................... ................................... Hong Kong Dollars) to be paid to the said * ........................................................................... ................................ Sealed with my seal this .................. day of ....................... 19 ........ NOW THE ABOVE WRITTEN BOND is conditioned to be void in case ...................................................................... ............ (........................................................) (Name in English). (Name in Chinese Characters, if any). during the period of six months/twelve months from his first admission to an addiction treatment centre, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the said Ordinance remains in that centre or in any other centre to which he may be lawfully transferred, if so required by the superintendent of the centre and if, on any occasion in which he has been permitted to be absent from a centre on trial or for any other reasons which the superintendent may consider necessary, during such period of six months/twelve months returns to the centre on the expiry of the period of lawful absence, if so required by the superintendent of the centre. Signed, sealed and delivered by the said (Signature of Applicant). .............................................. in the presence of- ｝ * The Hong Kong Government or such other person as may be entitled thereto. FORM 5 [rule 5] DRUG ADDICTS TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ORDINANCE (Chapter 326) Summons to Witness In the matter of an appeal under section 16 of the Drug Addicts Treatment and Rehabilitation Ordinance (Cap. 326); And in the matter of (1) ........................................................................... ...................... To (2) ........................................................................... .......................................... You are hereby summoned to appear before the Addiction Treatment Centre Appeal Board at ........................................................................... ....................................... upon the ................................................. day of ........................... at ............................. o'clock in the .................................. noon to give evidence touching the appeal and also to bring with you and produce (4) ........................................................................... ................................................ ........................................................................... .................................................................. Given under my hand this ....................... day of .................. 19 ........ ................................................................... Chairman, Addiction Treatment Centre Appeal Board. (1) Insert name of patient who is appealing. (2) Insert name and address of witness. (3) Delete if not required. (4) Specify any books, documents or other things required to be produced. (L.N. 170 of 1972; L.N. 250 of 1997)