Bills Committee on Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007

Meeting on Thursday, 7 June 2007, at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

I.	Meeting with the Administration (8:30 am - 10:25 am)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)2034/06-07(01) (attached)	-	Paper provided by the Administration on "Amendments to the Public Order Ordinance (Cap. 245) and the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151)"
	issued vide LC Paper No. CB(3)441/06-07 on 23 March 2007	-	The Bill
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1759/06-07(01) (issued on 10 May 2007)	-	Marked-up copy of the Bill
	LC Paper Nos. CB(2)2034/06-07(02) and (03) (attached)	-	Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 9 May 2007 and the Administration's reply dated 18 May 2007
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1975/06-07(01) (issued on 25 May 2007)	-	Full text of the judgment of the Court of Final Appeal (CFA)'s case, which ruled that section 30A(10)(b)(i) of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap. 6) was unconstitutional
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1975/06-07(02) (issued on 25 May 2007)	-	Full text of the judgment of CFA in Leung Kwok Hung and Others v HKSAR case
	LC Paper No. CB(2)2034/06-07(04) (attached)	-	Extract of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which contain the references to "public order (ordre public)"
	LC Paper No. CB(2)2034/06-07(05) (attached) (English version only)	-	Submission from the Law Society of Hong Kong
	Other relevant papers
	issued by the Department of Justice in March 2007	-	Legislative Council Brief
	LC Paper No. LS64/06-07 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1703/06-07 on 26 April 2007)	-	Legal Service Division Report on the Bill
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1759/06-07(02) (issued on 10 May 2007)	-	Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
	(A list of relevant papers previously issued is available on the LegCo website at http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/bc/bc58/papers/bc58_ppr.htm)
II.	Any other business (10:25 am - 10:30 am)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
1 June 2007