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Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation Explanatory Note Paragraph 1 Explanatory Note

The object of this Regulation is to introduce a temporary system of mandatory quarantine for—
 * (a) persons arriving at Hong Kong from the Mainland; and
 * (b) persons arriving at Hong Kong from other places but having stayed in the Mainland during the 14 days before the date of arrival.

2. Section 1 prescribes the commencement date.

3. Section 2 contains the definitions used in the Regulation.

4. Section 3 empowers authorized officers to place the target persons under quarantine and prescribes several types of persons who are not subject to the measure.

5. Section 4 empowers the Chief Secretary to exempt individual persons or categories of persons who satisfy certain criteria. Section 5 provides for related offences.

6. Section 6 makes provisions for places of quarantine.

7. Section 7 confers enforcement powers on authorized officers.

8. Section 8 prescribes restrictions during quarantine.

9. Section 9 prohibits giving false or misleading information to authorized officers.

10. Section 10 empowers authorized officers to cancel quarantine orders in certain circumstances.