Protection of Children and Juveniles (Places of Refuge) Regulations
[5 January 1951]
(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2020)
(Repealed L.N. 190 of 1993)
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
ward (受監護人) means any infant the legal guardianship of whom is vested in the Director of Social Welfare. (1 of 1958 s. 2)No private institution shall be declared a place of refuge without the consent of the management thereof.
All places of refuge and any register kept therein pursuant to these regulations shall be open to inspection at any reasonable hour by the Director of Social Welfare or by any person so authorized by him in writing.
No punishment, restraint or correction shall be administered to any ward or inmate of a place of refuge detained therein in pursuance of the Ordinance unless such punishment, restraint or correction shall have been authorized by rules approved by the Director of Social Welfare.
All punishments, restraints or corrections administered to a ward or to any inmate of a place of refuge detained therein pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance shall be recorded in an appropriate register to be kept in such place of refuge.
It shall be lawful for the Director of Social Welfare to approve any rules made by the management of any place of refuge not wholly maintained by public funds for the welfare, education and control of any ward or inmate of any place of refuge detained there pursuant to the provisions of the Ordinance. The power hereinbefore contained shall not be deemed to authorize the making or approval of any rules for the punishment, restraint or correction of any person other than such punishment, restraint or correction as a parent could lawfully administer to a child.
Any contravention of regulation 4, 5 or 6 shall constitute an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine at level 1.
The form set out in the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of section 34E(4) of the Ordinance.
| HONG KONG IN THE MAGISTRATE’S COURT AT |
| . JUVENILE COURT. |
| To each and all of the police officers of Hong Kong and to the Superintendent of |
| a place of refuge provided under the Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance |
| being a child [or juvenile] in respect of whom an application has been made to the Juvenile Court sitting at |
| on the ground that he/she is in need of care or protection: |
| The hearing of the case being adjourned. |
| [You, the said police officers, are hereby commanded to convey the said child [or juvenile] to the said place of refuge and there to deliver him/her to the said superintendent together with this order: and]† |
| You, the said superintendent, are hereby commanded to detain him/her until the . day of . 19 .* |
| And you, the said police officers, are further commanded to convey the said child [or juvenile] on the said . day of . 19. in the . noon before the Juvenile Court sitting at . to be further dealt with according to law. |
| Dated this . day of . 19 . |
| Magistrate |
| Note: | † Delete if child or juvenile already detained in the place of refuge. |
| * The period of detention must not exceed twenty-eight days. |