Dear Raquel Amador,

Thanks for your email of 30 June 2021.

Regarding your access to information request on the caption subject, you
may wish to note that we did not receive the said request before. In this
regard, we should be grateful if you would clarify and let us know the
content of such request so that we can process further in this aspect.

Best regards

(Mr. W M Fung)
for Director of Immigration

From:        Raquel Amador <[FOI #676 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Immigration Department <[Immigration Department request email]>
Date:        30/06/2021 15:52
Subject:        Re: Freedom of Information request - Data regarding the
range of conditions upon which people are granted access to bail

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Dear Immigration Department,

I write to follow up on my request because I have not received a reply.
Kindly respond as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,

Raquel Amador

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Our ref. : ImmD RM/6-5/10/2021/361(R)

Dear Raquel Amador,
 

I refer to you your application for access to information received on 30
June 2021.

As time is required to gather information from various parties, pursuant
to paragraph 1.16 of the Code, you will be advised further in relation to
your request on or before 20 July 2021.

Thank you for your kind attention.

Regards,

LEUNG Noel

for Director of Immigration

To learn more about the application requirements and procedures of the
most frequently used services provided by the Hong Kong Immigration
Department, you are welcome to visit the Easy Access Playlist at Hong Kong
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Our ref. : ImmD RM/6-5/10/2021/361(R)

Dear Raquel Amador,

I refer to your application for access to information received on 30 June
2021 and our interim reply of 9 July 2021.  I hereby provide you the
following information.

According to section 13A(2)(b) of the Immigration Service Ordinance (Cap.
331), a person who has been arrested by a member of the Service under
section 12 of Cap. 331 or any provision of the Immigration Ordinance
(Cap.115), and who has been taken to an office of the Service under
Section 13A(1)(a) of Cap. 331, may be released on bail under one of the
following three conditions:

(i)      on his depositing with a member of the Service such reasonable
sum of money as any member of the Service of or above the rank of
Immigration Officer may require; or

(ii)     on his entering into such recognizance, with such sureties, if
any, as any member of the Service of or above the rank of Immigration
Officer may require; or

(iii)    on his depositing such a sum of money and entering into such a
recognizance.

Detail statistics regarding the number of bail granted under the three
conditions as stipulated in section 13A(2)(b) of the Immigration Service
(Amendment) Ordinance (Cap. 331) in 2018, 2019 and 2020 are as below:

Bail Condition 2018 2019 2020
No. of bail granted under Cap. 331 S.13A(2)(b)(i) 5915 5078 4225
No. of bail granted under Cap. 331 S.13A(2)(b)(ii) 3388 3528 3937
No. of bail granted under Cap. 331 S.13A(2)(b)(iii) 97 30 28
Total 9400 8636 8190

I hope the information is useful to you.

Regards,

LEUNG Noel

for Director of Immigration

To learn more about the application requirements and procedures of the
most frequently used services provided by the Hong Kong Immigration
Department, you are welcome to visit the Easy Access Playlist at Hong Kong
Immigration Department [1]YouTube Channel. The concerned video clips have
Cantonese voice-over supplemented by Chinese or English subtitles.

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