Bills Committee on Chief Executive Election Bill

Third meeting to be held on Tuesday, 24 April 2001
at 8:30 am in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I. Meeting with Administration

Please refer to the attached Appendix - List of papers issued for the Bills Committee and categorized under 12 major areas

II. Date of next meeting

The next meeting will be held at 8:30 am on 2 May 2001.

Legislative Council Secretariat
23 April 2001


Appendix

Papers issued for
Bills Committee on Chief Executive Election Bill

(as at 23 April 2001)

Major areasPaper No.

I. General
(1)LegCo BriefCAB C5/1
(2)LSD ReportLS71/00-01
(3)Speech by SCA to move Second Reading of the BillCB(2)1174/00-01(02)
(4)Paper on "Provisions of the Bill not prescribed under the Basic Law" prepared by ALALS83/00-01 (issued videCB(2)1217/00-01)
(5)Comparison of the Basic Law and the BillCB(2)1318/00-01(01)
(6)Comparison of the Bill and LegCo OrdinanceCB(2)1217/00-01(04)
(7)ALA's letter dated 29 March 2001 to Administration seeking comments on issues relating to the Bill

CB(2)1327/00-01(01)

II. Election Committee (EC)
(1)Overlapping membershipItem 1 of CB(2)1352/00-01(01)
(2)Information on the EC formed in July 2000Item 2 of CB(2)1352/00-01(01)
(3)Eligibility criteria for candidature at subsector election - clause 17(3) of scheduleItem 3 of CB(2)1352/00-01(01)
(4)Legality of clause 8(3)Item 4 of CB(2)1352/00-01(01)

III. Polling date
(1)Pros and cons of various options for determining the polling dateItem 5 of CB(2)1352/00-01(01)

IV. Eligibility criteria for being a candidate for CE Election
(1)Requirement for judicial officers in foreign countries to resign before running in elections

Item 1 of CB(2)1352/00-01(02)

V. Nomination

VI. Withdrawal of candidature

VII. Voting method

VIII. Election petitions and judicial review
(1)Differences between the leapfrog procedure proposed in the Bill vis-a-vis that proposed in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (A) Bill to be introduced

Item 2 of CB(2)1352/00-01(02)

IX. Election expenses limit
(1)Administration's responseItem 5 of CB(2)1235/00-01(01)

X. Application of anti-bribery legislation to CE election
(1)Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (ECICO)CB(2)1217/00-01(03)

XI. Regulation of election-related activities
(1)Electoral guidelines for CE electionItem 1 of CB(2)1235/00-01(01)
(2)Regulating electioneering activities of an incumbent CEItem 3 of CB(2)1235/00-01(01)
(3)Restriction on election campaigning undertaken by members of a political party to a fellow member being a candidate

Item 4 of CB(2)1235/00-01(01)

XII. Guidelines on participation of senior government officials in electioneering activities of CE election
(1)Administration's responseItem 2 of CB(2)1235/00-01(01)