Bills Committee on
Prevention of Child Pornography Bill

Meeting on Friday, 3 May 2002 at 10:45 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

  1. Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting
    2.

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1768/01-02 -minutes of meeting held on 17 April 2002 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1769/01-02 on 30 April 2002)

  2. Meeting with the Administration

    3. (10:45 am - 12:40 pm)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1806/01-02(01) -Administration's response entitled "Proposed Statutory Defence in relation to Age of Person Pornographically Depicted : Clause 4(5)(a) and (b)" to issues raised by members at the meeting on 17 April 2002 (Chinese version to follow)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1777/01-02(01) -Administration's response entitled "The Prevention of Child Pornography Bill and the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance" to issues raised by members at the meeting on 17 April 2002 (Chinese version to follow)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1777/01-02(02) -Administration's response entitled "Penalty levels" to issues raised by members at the meeting on 17 April 2002 (Chinese version to follow)


    Other relevant papers

    The Bill circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(3)316/01-02 on 11 January 2002

    Legislative Council Brief issued by the Security Bureau on 8 January 2002 (File Ref: SBCR 21/3231/2001)

    Legal Service Division Report on the Bill (LC Paper No. LS47/01-02 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)989/01-02 on 24 January 2002)

    Marked-up copy of the relevant Ordinances (LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02(02) issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02 on 16 April 2002)

    Background paper prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02(03) issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02 on 16 April 2002)

    Letter dated 14 March 2002 from the Legal Service Division to the Administration (LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02(04) issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02 on 16 April 2002)

    Information provided by the Administration (LC Paper No. CB(2)1606/01-02(01)) about the definition of a child in other jurisdictions and overseas experience in prosecutions against child pornography in response to members' request at the meeting of the Panel on Security on 6 December 2001 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1606/01-02 on 16 April 2002)

  3. Date of next meeting

    4. (12:40 pm - 12:45 pm)
Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
3 May 2002