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Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation L.N. 12 of 2020 Section 5 7. Power to restrain persons for quarantine etc.

If a person placed under quarantine under section 3 is to be quarantined in an assigned place of quarantine (the place), an authorized officer may, for effecting the quarantine—
 * (a) restrain the person and convey the person to the place; and
 * (b) detain the person in the place.

8. Restrictions during quarantine

(1) A person must not leave the place of quarantine in which the person is placed under quarantine under section 3 without permission given by an authorized officer.

(2) A person must not, without permission given under subsection (3), knowingly enter an assigned place of quarantine in which another person is placed under quarantine under the Ordinance unless—
 * (a) the person is an authorized officer or a health officer; or
 * (b) the person is to be placed under quarantine under section 3 in the place.

(3) An authorized officer may give written permission for the purposes of subsection (2) to any person or persons of any category specified in the permission to enter an assigned place of quarantine subject to the exceptions, conditions or restrictions specified in the permission.

(4) A person against whom a quarantine order is made must not contravene the terms of quarantine specified in the order.