Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services

Meeting on Monday, 23 February 2004 at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Revised agenda

I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(4:30 pm - 4:35 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1391/03-04
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1392/03-04 on 18 February 2004)

--Minutes of special meeting on 16 December 2003

II.Information papers issued since the last meeting
(4:35 pm - 4:40 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1212/03-04(01)
(issued on 5 February 2004)(English version only)

--Letter dated 29 January 2004 from Hon Margaret NG to the Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association in response to the comments made by Dr J Boost on The Evidence (Amendment) Bill 1999

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1288/03-04(01)
(issued on 10 February 2004)(the Chinese version of the Annex to the paper issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1404/03-04 on 18 February 2004)

--Paper dated February 2004 from the Administration on "Budgetary arrangements for the Judiciary"

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1342/03-04(01)
(issued on 13 February 2004)

--Letter dated 9 February 2004 from the Judiciary Administrator on performance of Bailiff Service and staffing of the Judiciary and modernisation programmes of the Judiciary

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1381/03-04(01)
(issued on 17 February 2004)(English version only (with Chinese translation of the Executive Summary))

--Final Report on Evaluation Study on The Pilot Scheme on Family Mediation provided by the Judiciary Administration

III.Items for discussion at the next meeting
(4:40 pm - 4:45 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1416/03-04(01)
(attached)

--List of outstanding items for discussion

LC Paper No. CB(2)1416/03-04(02)
(attached)

--List of follow-up actions

IV.Review of sexual offences in Part XII of the Crimes Ordinance
(4:45 pm - 5:40 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1363/03-04(01)
(issued on 16 February 2004)

--Paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1363/03-04(02)
(issued on 16 February 2004)

--Relevant extract from the Report of the Bills Committee on Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001 on marital rape and related sexual offences

LC Paper No. CB(2)1363/03-04(03)
(issued on 16 February 2004)

--Speech of the Secretary for Justice on the resumption of the Second Reading of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001 at the Council meeting on 10 July 2002

V.Use of official languages for conducting court proceedings
(5:40 pm - 6:25 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1416/03-04(03)
(attached)

--Paper provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1416/03-04(04)
(attached)

--Relevant extract of minutes of the Panel meeting on 13 December 2002

VI.Any other business
(6:25 pm - 6:30 pm)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
19 February 2004