Bills Committee on Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001

Meeting on Thursday, 18 April 2002 at 10:45 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.Confirmation of minutes of meetings

LC Paper No. CB(2)1591/01-02--Minutes of meeting on 28 March 2002 (issued on 15 April 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1600/01-02--Minutes of meeting on 4 April 2002 (issued on 16 April 2002)

II.Meeting with the Administration

The Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2)1280/01-02(01)--Marked-up copy of the Bill (issued)

LC Paper No. LS69/01-02--Paper on the Bill prepared by ALA highlighting issues for discussion (issued under LC Paper No. CB(2)1352/01-02)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1610/01-02(01)--List of outstanding issues (English version only) (attached)

(A)Part XIV of the Bill (Amendments to Legal Practitioners Ordinance)
(Clauses 104 - 126)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1608/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 15 April 2002 to the issues raised at the meeting on 28 March 2002 (issued)

Papers previously issued

LC Paper No. CB(2)1290/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 7 March 2002 on Parts III, V, VII, IX, X, XI and XIV of the Bill (in response to ALA's letter dated 22 February 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1352/01-02(04)--Letter dated 14 March 2002 from the Law Society of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)1378/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 15 March 2002 on Parts III, VII, IX, X and XIV of the Bill (in response to ALA's letter dated 11 March 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1378/01-02(02)--The Administration's response dated 15 March 2002 to the issues raised at the meeting on 8 March 2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)1395/01-02(01)--Copy of an article published in Hong Kong Lawyer (March 2001) on "Proposed Alternative Disciplinary Procedure"

LC Paper No. CB(2)1395/01-02(02)--"A list of offences which may be dealt with by means of an intermediate sanction" provided by the Law Society of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)1453/01-02(01)--Letter dated 25 March 2002 from the Law Society responding to the issues raised at the meeting on 18 March 2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)1455/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 26 March 2002 to the issues raised at the meeting on 18 March 2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)1556/01-02(01)--President's Message concerning Part XIV of the Bill, published in the Official Journal of the Law Society of Hong Kong in April 2002

(B)Part V of the Bill (Marital Rape and Related Sexual Offences)
(Clauses 11 - 17)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1619/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 16 April 2002 on possible ways to simplify Part V of the Bill (issued)

Papers previously issued

LC Paper No. CB(2)1270/01-02(03)--An extract of minutes of the meeting of the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services on 26 April 2001 and relevant papers concerning marital rape

LC Paper No. CB(2)1283/01-02(01)--Provisions of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1290/01-02(02)--A list of classifications of relevant sexual offences prepared by ALA

LC Paper No. CB(2)1352/01-02(01)--Background paper on marital rape prepared by the Clerk

LC Paper No. CB(2)1377/01-02(01)--The Administration's reply to paragraph 3 of ALA's letter dated 11 March 2002

LC Paper Nos. CB(2)1400/01-02(01) and (02)--The Administration's letter dated 18 March 2002 enclosing a copy of the Sexual Offences Act 1956

LC Paper No. CB(2)1453/01-02(02)--Written submission dated 24 March 2002 from Mr SIN Wai-man

LC Paper No. CB(2)1455/01-02(02)--The Administration's response dated 26 March 2002 to the issues raised at the meeting on 8 March 2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)1477/01-02(01)--A letter dated 27 March 2002 from the Law Society of Hong Kong

(C)Part X of the Bill (Non-immunity clauses)
(Clauses 35 - 40)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1610/01-02(02)--The Administration's response on the nature of the organisations specified in the 15 Ordinances set out in Part X (attached)

Papers previously issued

LC Paper No. CB(2)1283/01-02(03)--Schedule 1 to the Occupational Deafness (Compensation) Ordinance (Cap. 469)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1283/01-02(04)--Schedule 8 to the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1290/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 7 March 2002 on Parts III, V, VII, IX, X, XI and XIV of the Bill (in response to ALA's letter dated 22 February 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1352/01-02(03)--Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 11 March 2002 to the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1378/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 15 March 2002 on Parts III, VII, IX, X and XIV of the Bill (in response to ALA's letter dated 11 March 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1509/01-02(01)--The Administration's response to ALA's letter dated 11 March 2002

(D)Remaining Parts of the Bills (except Part VII)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1290/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 7 March 2002 on Parts III, V, VII, IX, X, XI and XIV of the Bill (in response to ALA's letter dated 22 February 2002) (issued)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1378/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 15 March 2002 on Parts III, VII, IX, X and XIV of the Bill (in response to ALA's letter dated 11 March 2002) (issued)

III.Date of next meeting

The next meeting will be held at 8:30 am on 2 May 2002.

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
17 April 2002