Bills Committee on
Evidence (Amendment) Bill 1998

Meeting on Thursday, 17 September 1998 at 10:45 am
in the Chamber of the Legislative Council Building

Revised Agenda

1. Confirmation of minutes of meeting on 29 July 1998
   (10:45 am - 10:50 am)

   LC Paper No. CB(2)242/98-99 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)243/98-99
   
   

2. Meeting with the Administration and deputations
   (10:50 am - 11:50 am)

   Deputations Submissions (LC Paper No)

   1. Hong Kong Bar Association CB(2)217/98-99(01)

   2. Faculty of Law of the University CB(2)219/98-99(03)of Hong Kong

   3. School of Law of the City CB(2)219/98-99(04) University of Hong Kong
   
   
   
3. Meeting with the Administration
   (11:50 am - 12:45 pm)

   LC Paper No. CB(2)225/98-99(01) - Discussion paper provided by the Administration

   LC Paper No. CB(2)219/98-99(01) - Letter from the Law Society of Scotland

   LC Paper No. CB(2)219/98-99(02) - Letter from the Chairman, Bar Law Reform Committee of England and Wales

   Other relevant papers - see Appendix attached
   
   

4. Date of next meeting

Appendix

Relevant papers

1. The Bill

2. The LegCo Brief issued by the Department of Justice in June 1998
   (File Ref LP/5019/5)

3. LC Paper No. LS3/98-99 issued for the House Committee meeting on 17 July 1998 - Legal Service Division Report on the Bill

4. LC Paper No. CB(2)108/98-99 issued on 27 July 1998 - marked up copy of the Bill

5. LC Paper No. CB(2)159/98-99 issued on 4 August 1998 - Report of the Hong Kong Law Reform Commission on Hearsay Rule in Civil Proceedings published in July 1996

6. LC Paper No. CB(2)152/98-99(01) issued on 3 August 1998 - Civil Evidence Act 1995

7. LC Paper No. CB(2)160/98-99(01) & (02) issued on 4 August 1998 - Summary of Recommendations of the Scottish Law Commission Report and the English Law Commission Report on hearsay rule in civil proceedings