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Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation L.N. 12 of 2020 Section 3 3. Compulsory quarantine of certain persons arriving at Hong Kong

(1) An authorized officer must, by written order, place a person who arrives at Hong Kong under quarantine for a period of 14 days beginning on the date of arrival if—
 * (a) the person arrives at Hong Kong from the Mainland; or
 * (b) the person arrives at Hong Kong from a place outside the Mainland but has stayed in the Mainland for any period of time during the 14 days before the date of arrival.

(2) A quarantine order must specify the terms of quarantine.

(3) An authorized officer may vary the terms of quarantine specified in a quarantine order.

(4) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to—
 * (a) a person who—
 * (i) arrives at the Hong Kong International Airport from the Mainland or enters the waters of Hong Kong solely for the purpose of leaving Hong Kong and, while in Hong Kong, does not pass through immigration control; or
 * (ii) falls within the description of subsection (1)(b) and, while in Hong Kong, does not pass through immigration control;
 * (b) a person who is designated under section 4(1); or
 * (c) a person who falls within a category of persons designated under section 4(1).

(5) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person who arrives at the Hong Kong International Airport on an aircraft that landed in Hong Kong after taking off in the Mainland is not regarded as arriving from the Mainland