Cap. 115 sub. leg. B

Immigration (Places of Detention) Order(Cap. 115, section 35(1)) [21 February 1975](Format changes—E.R. 1 of 2017) 1. Citation This order may be cited as the Immigration (Places of Detention) Order. 2. Places of detention The places specified in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 shall be places at which a person required or authorized to be detained by or under the Ordinance may be so detained. 3. Application of Prison Rules A person detained in any place set out in Schedule 1 shall receive the same treatment as that which is accorded to a person committed to prison for safe custody in any of the circumstances specified in rule 188(1) of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234 sub. leg. A) and, mutatus mutandis, rules 189 to 207 (inclusive) of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234 sub. leg. A) shall apply to him. 3A. Power to modify privileges under Prison Rules Notwithstanding paragraph 3, the privileges specified in rules 203 and 206 of the Prison Rules (Cap. 234 sub. leg. A) may be modified or withdrawn—(a) by the Commissioner of Correctional Services in his discretion in respect of a person detained in a place specified in Schedule 1 of which he has the control;(b) by the Commissioner of Police in his discretion in respect of a person detained in a place specified in Schedule 1 of which he has the control.(L.N. 63 of 1979; L.N. 102 of 1979; L.N. 167 of 1979) 3B. (Repealed L.N. 46 of 2023) 4. Treatment of children and juveniles A person, who in the opinion of an immigration officer is under the age of 18 years, may be detained in any place set out in Schedule 2 and shall receive the same treatment as that which is accorded to a child or juvenile detained in a place of refuge under section 34E of the Protection of Children and Juveniles Ordinance (Cap. 213).(L.N. 649 of 1994) Schedule 1 [paras. 2 & 3] 1. The sites and buildings from time to time set apart for the purposes of prisons under the Prisons Ordinance (Cap. 234) and which are specified in the Schedule to the Prisons Order (Cap. 234 sub. leg. B). 2. Addiction treatment centres set out in the Schedule to the Drug Addiction Treatment Centres (Appointment) Order (Cap. 244 sub. leg. H). (L.N. 46 of 2023; E.R. 4 of 2023) 3. Any police station. 4. Custodial wards of Queen Mary Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Kai Tak Hospital (to the extent that those wards are not covered by item 1 of this Schedule). (L.N. 38 of 2026) 5. San Uk Ling Holding Centre. 6-11. (Repealed L.N. 358 of 1989) 12. (Repealed L.N. 46 of 2023) 13-22. (Repealed L.N. 358 of 1989)(L.N. 93 of 1989) Schedule 2 [paras. 2 & 4] 1-5. (Repealed L.N. 241 of 2006) 6. Tuen Mun Children and Juvenile Home. (L.N. 241 of 2006) Schedule 3 [para. 2] 1. The area within the Hong Kong International Airport that is set aside as detention quarters for use by the Immigration Department. (L.N. 39 of 2024) 2-3. (Repealed L.N. 14 of 2010) 4. The area of the Hong Kong-Macao Ferry Terminal occupied by the Immigration Department set aside as a detention room. (L.N. 119 of 1975; 31 of 2025 s. 30) 5. The area of the first floor of the China Ferry Terminal, Canton Road, Tsimshatsui occupied by the Immigration Department set aside as detention quarters. (L.N. 296 of 1988) 6-7. (Repealed L.N. 14 of 2010) 8-9. (Repealed L.N. 249 of 1985) 10. (Repealed L.N. 358 of 1989) 11. (Repealed L.N. 198 of 1982) 12. (Repealed L.N. 33 of 1990) 13. (Repealed L.N. 275 of 1988) 14. (Repealed L.N. 137 of 1992) 15-20. (Repealed L.N. 14 of 2010) 21. The area of the 2nd floor, Central Government Pier, Road D3, New Central Reclamation Area, Central, occupied by the Immigration Department set aside as a detention room. (L.N. 391 of 1995) 22. (Repealed L.N. 14 of 2010) 23. (Repealed L.N. 39 of 2024) 24. The area set aside as a detention room in the part of the River Trade Terminal, Tuen Mun, occupied by the Immigration Department. (L.N. 324 of 1998) 25. (Repealed L.N. 46 of 2023) 26. The area within the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point that is set aside as detention quarters for use by the Immigration Department. (L.N. 70 of 2007) 27. The area within the Clearance Area of the Shenzhen Bay Port Hong Kong Port Area that is set aside as detention quarters for use by the Immigration Department. (L.N. 72 of 2007) 28. Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre at 84 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun. (L.N. 14 of 2010) 29. The area within the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal that is set aside as detention quarters for use by the Immigration Department. (19 of 2016 s. 28) 30. The area within the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port that is set aside as detention quarters for use by the Immigration Department. (L.N. 153 of 2017) 31. The area within the West Kowloon Station of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (other than the West Kowloon Station Mainland Port Area) that is set aside as detention quarters for use by the Immigration Department. (L.N. 109 of 2018) 32. The area within the Passenger Terminal Building at Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point that is set aside as detention quarters for use by the Immigration Department. (L.N. 162 of 2018) 33. The detention centre at 2nd floor of the Enforcement Tower of the Immigration Headquarters, 61 Po Yap Road, Tseung Kwan O. (L.N. 39 of 2024)