The photodissociation of Cl2O has been investigated for adjacent regions in the first and the second absorption bands, respectively, at dissociation wavelengths of 5.3 and 6.0 eV. Chlorine and oxygen atoms were state-selectively detected by resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization. Chlorine fragment kinetic energy and spatial distributions were determined from time-of-flight profile analysis. At 5.3 eV, kinetic energy distributions are broad and bimodal and differ significantly for the two spin-orbit states Cl*(P-2(1/2)) and Cl(P-2(3/2)). The decay is characterized by a positive anisotropy parameter of 0.7 +/- 0.2. Excitation proceeds via the transitions 10a(1) <-- 7b(2) and 10a(1) <-- 9a(1). The data are in agreement with generating ClO(X) + Cl*(P-2(1/2)) as primary fragments. At 6.0 eV, kinetic energy distributions are narrow and structureless and are similar for the two spin-orbit states Cl*(P-2(1/2)) and Cl(P-2(3/2)). The decay is characterized by a small positive anisotropy parameter of 0.2 +/- 0.2. The main dissociation channel is the three-body decay into 2Cl + O. The decay mechanism is of an asynchronous concerted type. The data suggest the primary production of ClO(A) + Cl(P-2(J)). Excitation proceeds mainly via the transition 8b(2) <-- 7b(2). The results show the need for refined theoretical calculations.