Bills Committee on
Prevention of Child Pornography Bill

Meeting on Friday, 17 May 2002 at 10:45 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

  1. Meeting with deputations and the Administration

    2. (10:45 am - 12:40 pm)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(01)-Administration's response to questions raised in the Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 14 March 2002 (Chinese version to follow)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(02)-Administration's response on "defence of artistic merit" (Chinese version to follow)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(03)-Administration's response on the concept of "appears to be under the age of 16" (Chinese version to follow)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(04)-Administration's response to the points raised in the submission from Against Child Abuse Limited (English version to follow)


    List of deputations attending

    1.End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(01)-submission (to follow)

    2.Hong Kong Joint Secretariat for Colloquium of Religious Leaders

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(02)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13.5.2002)

    3.Movie Producers and Distributors Association of Hong Kong Limited

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(03)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13.5.2002)

    4.The Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(04)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13.5.2002)

    5.Against Child Abuse Limited

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(05)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13.5.2002)

    6.Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(06)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13.5.2002)

    7.The Society for Truth and Light

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(07)-submission (to follow)

    8.Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(08)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13.5.2002)

    9.Hong Kong Christian Service

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(09)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1962/01-02 on 15.5.2002)

    10.Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(10)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16.5.2002)

    11.Hong Kong Web Hosting Association

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(12)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02 on 14.5.2002)

    12.Hong Kong Kowloon and New Territories Motion Picture Industry Association Limited

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(13)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02 on 14.5.2002)

    13.The Law Society of Hong Kong

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(14)-submission
    (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16.5.2002)


    Other submissions received

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(11) (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16.5.2002)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(15) (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13.5.2002)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02(01) (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02 on 14.5.2002)

    Other relevant papers

    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 (English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1806/01-02 on 2.5.2002)

    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 (English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1777/01-02 on 2.5.2002)

    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 (English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1777/01-02 on 2.5.2002)


    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)

    Submissions dated 4 January 2002 and 12 January 2000 from The Law Society of Hong Kong on the Consultation Paper on Proposed Legislation for the Prevention of Child Pornography issued by the Administration in November 2001, and the Crimes (Amendment) Bill and the Prevention of Child Pornography Bill introduced into the Legislative Council in 1999 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1314/01-02 on 12 March 2002)

  2. Date of next meeting

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