Bills Committee on
Marriage (Introduction of Civil Celebrants of Marriages and
General Amendments) Bill

Meeting on Monday, 4 July 2005 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A
(Updated)



I.Meeting with the Administration
(8:30 am - 10:25 am)

(a) Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 21 June 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(01)
(Issued on 30 June 2005)

-Paper provided by the Administration on "Overseas experience in the appointment of civil celebrants of marriages"

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(02)
(attached)

-Paper provided by the Administration on "Impact on the Government's revenue"

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(03)
(attached)

-Paper provided by the Administration on "Flowchart indicating the work of a Civil Celebrant of Marriage"

(b) Clause-by-clause examination
(from C1321 of the Bill (new section 5C onwards))

II.Any other business
(10:25 am - 10:30 am)

Other relevant papers

Please refer to the Appendix.



Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
2 July 2005

Appendix

Relevant papers

Background information on the Bill

SBCR 1/1/5691/89'D'

-Legislative Council Brief issued by the Security Bureau on 18 May 2005

LC Paper No. LS 73/04-05
(Issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1770/04-05 dated 2 June 2005 for the House Committee meeting on 3 June 2005)

-Legal Service Division Report on the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(02)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)

-Extract from the minutes of the House Committee meeting on 3 June 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(04)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)

-Background brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat

The Bill and marked-up copy

LC Paper No. CB(3) 623/04-05
(Issued on 20 May 2005)

-The Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(03)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)

-Marked-up copy of the Bill

Submission

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(05)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)

-Written submission from Mr LO Kai-wing (Chinese version only)