BulletYear 2011 - 2012
BulletYear 2010 - 2011
BulletYear 2009 - 2010
BulletYear 2008 - 2009



BulletPapers

Law drafting and review

Year 2011 - 2012

LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)752/11-12(01) Draft letter on implementation of the recommendations made by the Law Reform Commission to the Chairman of the House Committee 27 February 2012
CB(2)1056/11-12(01) Editorial Record 1 of 2012 (pursuant to section 21 of the Legislation Publication Ordinance (Cap. 614) empowering the Secretary for Justice to make editorial amendments to an Ordinance) 27 February 2012
CB(2)1452/11-12(01) Administration's paper on Editorial Record 1 of 2012 (compiled in accordance with section 2B of the Laws (Loose-leaf Publication) Ordinance 1990), Proposed Amendments to the Legislation Publication Ordinance (Cap. 614) and the Laws (Loose-leaf Publication) Ordinance 1990, Legislation Publication (Revision) Order 2012" 26 March 2012
CB(2)1462/11-12(04) Background brief on Editorial Record 1 of 2012 (compiled in accordance with section 2B of the Laws (Loose-leaf Publication) Ordinance 1990) prepared by the LegCo Secretariat 26 March 2012


Year 2010 - 2011

LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)2614/11-12(01) Department of Justice's consolidated response on consideration of developing guidelines on the drafting of the long titles of bills, the outcome of its discussion with the two legal professional bodies on the viability of giving defendants the right to elect a jury trial and a timetable for the implementation of the proposed arrangement with the Mainland on reciprocal recognition and enforcement of matrimonial judgments dated 16 July 2012 15 December 2009
28 June 2010
23 May 2011
CB(2)1781/10-11(01) Administration's paper on drafting of legislation - use of 'Examples' and 'Notes' in legislation, and numbering system for bill clauses 23 May 2011
CB(2)1781/10-11(02) Administration's paper on drafting of Legislation in Chinese 23 May 2011
CB(2)1803/10-11(04) Paper on issues relating to drafting of legislation and proposal for a new numbering system for bills prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief) 23 May 2011
LS64/10-11 Paper on observations on use of reader aids in recently proposed legislation prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat 23 May 2011


Year 2009 - 2010

LC Paper No.PaperMeeting date
CB(2)512/09-10(04) Administration's paper on drafting of legislation 15 December 2009
CB(2)2614/11-12(01) Department of Justice's consolidated response on consideration of developing guidelines on the drafting of the long titles of bills, the outcome of its discussion with the two legal professional bodies on the viability of giving defendants the right to elect a jury trial and a timetable for the implementation of the proposed arrangement with the Mainland on reciprocal recognition and enforcement of matrimonial judgments dated 16 July 2012 15 December 2009
28 June 2010
23 May 2011
CB(2)615/09-10(01) Information paper provided by the Law Drafting Division of the Department of Justice on the document design of draft legislation 15 December 2009
25 January 2010
26 April 2010
CB(2)512/09-10(05) Paper on drafting of legislation prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (background brief) 15 December 2009
CB(2)1349/09-10(08) Administration's paper on proposal to implement a verified, authenticated and searchable electronic database of Hong Kong legislation 26 April 2010
CB(2)699/10-11(01) Administration's response to issues raised by members in relation to the proposal to implement a verified, authenticated and searchable electronic database of Hong Kong legislation 26 April 2010
CB(2)1349/09-10(05) Letter dated 14 April 2010 from the Law Society of Hong Kong (English version only) 26 April 2010
CB(2)2148/09-10(01) Letter dated 7 July 2010 from the Law Draftsman of the Department of Justice on "New Document Design of Legislation" to the Secretary General 3 August 2010*


Year 2008 - 2009

* Issue date