Bills Committee on
Prevention of Child Pornography Bill

Meeting on Thursday, 26 June 2002 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting
(8:30 am - 8:35 am)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2314/01-02-minutes of meeting held on 3 June 2002 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2315/01-02 on 17 June 2002)

II.Meeting with the Administration
(8:35 am - 10:25 am)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2423/01-02(01)-Administration's response to outstanding issues raised at the meetings on 3, 17.5.2002 and 3.6.2002 (Chinese version to follow)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2423/01-02(02)-further submission from Against Child Abuse Limited

LC Paper No. CB(2)2377/01-02(01)-Administration's response on overseas legislation on possession of child pornography (Chinese version to follow)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2377/01-02(02)-Administration's response on the judgment relating to child pornography by the Supreme Court of the United States on 16 April 2002 and its implications on the Prevention of Child Pornography Bill (Chinese version to follow)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2377/01-02(03)-Administration's response to the submission dated 15 May 2002 from The Law Society of Hong Kong on the Prevention of Child Pornography Bill (Chinese version to follow)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(14)-submission from The Law Society of Hong Kong (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2344/01-02(01)-Administration's response to Hong Kong Christian Service's submission on the type of sound records that should be classified as child pornography (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2344/01-02 on 19 June 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2178/01-02(01)-Submission from Hong Kong Christian Service on the type of sound records that should be classified as child pornography (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2178/01-02 on 4 June 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2310/01-02(01)-Submission from Social Workers Registration Board (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2310/01-02 on 17 June 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2215/01-02(01)-Code of practice on the regulation of obscene and indecent materials provided by the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2215/01-02 on 7 June 2002)

Other relevant papers

LC Paper No. CB(2)2062/01-02(01)-Letter dated 17 May 2002 from the Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 2062/01-02 on 24 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(01)-Administration's response to questions raised in the Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 14 March 2002 (Chinese and English versions issued vide LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 2179/01-02 and CB(2) 1982/01-02 on 4 June and 16 May 2002 respectively)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(02)-Administration's response on "defence of artistic merit" (Chinese and English versions issued vide LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 2179/01-02 and CB(2) 1982/01-02 on 4 June and 16 May 2002 respectively)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(03)-Administration's response on the concept of "appears to be under the age of 16" (Chinese and English versions issued vide LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 2179/01-02 and CB(2) 1982/01-02 on 4 June and 16 May 2002 respectively)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(04)-Administration's response to the points raised in the submission from Against Child Abuse Limited (Chinese and English versions issued vide LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 1982/01-02 and CB(2) 2191/01-02 on 16 May and 5 June 2002 respectively)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1806/01-02(01)-Administration's response entitled "Proposed Statutory Defence in relation to Age of Person Pornographically Depicted : Clause 4(5)(a) and (b)" (Chinese and English versions issued vide LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 1997/01-02 and CB(2) 1806/01-02 on 21 and 2 May 2002 respectively)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1777/01-02(01)-Administration's response entitled "The Prevention of Child Pornography Bill and the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance" (Chinese and English versions issued vide LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 1997/01-02 and CB(2)1777/01-02 on 21 and 2 May 2002 respectively)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1777/01-02(02)-Administration's response entitled "Penalty levels" (Chinese and English versions issued vide LC Paper Nos. CB(2) 1997/01-02 and CB(2)1777/01-02 on 21 and 2 May 2002 respectively)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(01)-submission from End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1996/01-02 on 21 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(02)-submission from Hong Kong Joint Secretariat for Colloquium of Religious Leaders (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(03)-submission from Movie Producers and Distributors Association of Hong Kong Limited (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(04)-submission from The Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(05)-submission from Against Child Abuse Limited (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(06)-submission from Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(07)-submission from The Society for Truth and Light (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1996/01-02 on 21 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(08)-submission from Hong Kong College of Paediatricians (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(09)-submission from Hong Kong Christian Service (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1962/01-02 on 15 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(10)-submission from Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(11)-submission from Oxfam Hong Kong (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(12)-submission from Hong Kong Web Hosting Association (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02 on 14 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(13)-submission from Hong Kong Kowloon and New Territories Motion Picture Industry Association Limited (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02 on 14 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(15)-submission from Committee on Child Abuse (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02 on 13 May 2002)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02(01)-submission from Hong Kong Bar Association (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02 on 14 May 2002)

The Bill circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(3)316/01-02 on 11 January 2002

Legislative Council Brief issued by the Security Bureau on 8 January 2002 (File Ref: SBCR 21/3231/2001)

Legal Service Division Report on the Bill (LC Paper No. LS47/01-02 issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)989/01-02 on 24 January 2002)

Marked-up copy of the relevant Ordinances (LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02(02) issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02 on 16 April 2002)

Background paper prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02(03) issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02 on 16 April 2002)

Letter dated 14 March 2002 from the Legal Service Division to the Administration (LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02(04) issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02 on 16 April 2002)

Information provided by the Administration (LC Paper No. CB(2)1606/01-02(01)) about the definition of a child in other jurisdictions and overseas experience in prosecutions against child pornography in response to members' request at the meeting of the Panel on Security on 6 December 2001 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1606/01-02 on 16 April 2002)

Submissions dated 4 January 2002 and 12 January 2000 from The Law Society of Hong Kong on the Consultation Paper on Proposed Legislation for the Prevention of Child Pornography issued by the Administration in November 2001, and the Crimes (Amendment) Bill and the Prevention of Child Pornography Bill introduced into the Legislative Council in 1999 (issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1314/01-02 on 12 March 2002)

III.Date of next meeting
(10:25 am - 10:30 am)


Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
26 June 2002