Social Welfare Department - Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Scheme

Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation (CLEIC) Scheme

The scheme aims to provide financial awards to persons (or to their dependants in cases of death) who are injured as a result of a crime of violence, or by a law enforcement officer using a weapon in the execution of his duty. It is non-contributory and non-means-tested.

Eligibility Criteria

The incident must have been the subject of criminal proceedings, or was reported to the Police without unreasonable delay.
The victim was legally permitted to stay in Hong Kong at the time of the incident.
Application must be made within 3 years after the date of the incident.
The victim died/sustained permanent disability from the incident, or the injury sustained by the victim gave rise to at least 3 days' hospitalization/sick leave as certified by a registered medical practitioner/registered Chinese medicine practitioner.

How to apply

Application form can be downloaded from this homepage for completion, and sent to the CLEIC Section through the following channels:

by post/in person; or

by fax; or

by email.

Unless prevented by special circumstances, the applicant is required to attend an interview at that Section to provide relevant information and documentary proof. The applicant will be informed of the result of his application in writing.

Service Charge

No service charge is required

Enquiries

Office: Address:

Tel. No.:

Fax No.:

Email Address:

Opening Hours:

Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Section

Room 703, 7/F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

2892 5220

2575 7938

cleicenq@swd.gov.hk

Monday to Friday: 8:45 am to 1:00 pm

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: Closed

More Information (downloadable)

Downloading of the materials for reading and printing can be done through the use of the Adobe(R) acrobat(R) reader software which is available free at the Adobe Systems Inc. Website.

Description	Document Format
Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Scheme Application Form	(Acrobat Document)	(MSWord Document)
Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Scheme - Important Information in Brief for Applicants	(Acrobat Document)	(MSWord Document)
Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Scheme Leaflet (Bilingual)	(Acrobat Document)	/
Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Scheme Leaflet (in ethnic minority languages)
- Translation in Hindi	(Acrobat Document)	/
- Translation in Indonesian	(Acrobat Document)	/
- Translation in Nepali	(Acrobat Document)	/
- Translation in Tagalog	(Acrobat Document)	/
- Translation in Thai	(Acrobat Document)	/
- Translation in Urdu	(Acrobat Document)	/
Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Scheme Payment Schedule	(Acrobat Document)	(MSWord Document)
Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Scheme Administrative Document	(Acrobat Document)	(MSWord Document)
Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Boards 38th Annual Report by the Chairman, Mr Jat Sew-tong, SC for the year ending 31 March 2011	(Acrobat Document)	(MSWord Document)


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