Bills Committee on
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003

Twenty-second Meeting on
Thursday, 22 April 2004, at 10:45 am
in Conferenace Room B of the Legislative Council Building

Agenda

  1. Meeting with the Administration

  2. (10:45 am - 12:40 pm)

    Matters arising from previous meetings

    Administration's paper on follow-up actions arising from the discussion at the meeting on 15 April 2004

    CB(1)1566/03-04 (01)
    (to follow)

    List of issues requiring follow-up actions by the Administration on Schedule 3 of the Bill (Position as at 20 April 2004)

    CB(1)1566/03-04 (02)
    (issued on 20 April 2004)

    Written submissions and Administration's response relating to Schedule 3 of the Bill

    Organizations/individuals

    Written submissions

    Administration's response

    LC Paper No.

    LC Paper No.

    The Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries

    CB(1)2504/02-03 (13)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 25 September 2003)

    CB(1)798/03-04 (02)
    (issued on 16 January 2004)

    Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association

    CB(1)217/03-04 (01)
    (Chinese version only)
    (issued on 31 October 2003)

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (01)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    The Law Society of Hong Kong(Submission dated19 September 2003)

    CB(1)2504/02-03 (08)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 25 September 2003)

    CB(1)2521/02-03 (06)
    (issued on 30 September 2003)

    The Law Society of Hong Kong(Submission dated16 October 2003)

    CB(1)102/03-04 (01)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 17 October 2003)

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (02)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    The Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association

    CB(1)2521/02-03 (01)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 30 September 2003)

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (03)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    Linklaters

    CB(1)2504/02-03 (11)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on 25 and 30 September 2003 respectively)

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (04)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    The Hong Kong Associationof Banks

    CB(1)2504/02-03 (09)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 25 September 2003)

    CB(1)2521/02-03 (07)
    (issued on 30 September 2003)

    Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong(Submission dated16 September 2003)

    CB(1)2504/02-03 (05)
    (issued on 25 September 2003)

    CB(1)2521/02-03 (05)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on30 September and3 October 2003 respectively)

    Office of the Privacy Commissioner forPersonal Data, Hong Kong(Submission dated14 October 2003)

    CB(1)74/03-04 (03)
    (issued on 15 October 2003)

    CB(1)387/03-04 (01)
    (English and Chinese versions issued on21 November and8 December 2003 respectively)

    Office of the Privacy Commissioner forPersonal Data, Hong Kong(Submission dated3 December 2003)

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (05)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (06)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    Hong Kong Society of Accountants(Submission dated 27 October 2003)

    CB(1)185/03-04 (01)
    (English version only)
    (issued on 28 October 2003)

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (07)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    Summary of written submissions and the Administration's response on Schedule 3 of the Bill (Position as at 13 April 2004)

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (08)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    Correspondence between Assistant Legal Adviser 7 (ALA7) and the Administration on Schedule 3 of the Bill

    ALA7's letter

    Administration's reply

    LC Paper No.

    LC Paper No.

    Letter dated 8 April 2004 from ALA7 to the Administration on Schedule 3 of the Bill

    CB(1)1504/03-04 (09)
    (issued on 13 April 2004)

    CB(1)1566/03-04 (03)
    (issued on 20 April 2004)

    Other papers

    LC Paper No.

    Comparison table between provisions in relation to oversea companies and incorporation procedures in the Companies Ordinance, Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003, UK Companies Act 1985, Australian Corporations Act 2001 and Singapore Companies Act provided by the Administration(Revised)

    CB(1)1566/03-04 (04)
    (issued on 20 April 2004)

  3. Any other business

  4. (10:25 am - 10:30 am)

    (A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in the Appendix.)

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Legislative Council Secretariat
20 April 2004

Appendix to Agenda

List of other relevant papers issued previously

Paper No./Ref.Papers

LC Paper No. CB(3)733/02-03
(issued on 13 June 2003)

-Bill gazetted on 13 June 2003

File Ref : L/M to C2/1/57(03) Pt 2
(issued by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau on 12 June 2003)

-Legislative Council Brief

LC Paper No. LS134/02-03
(issued vide LC Paper No.CB(2) 2693/02-03 dated 26 June 2003)

-Legal Service Division Report

LC Paper No. CB(1)2423/02-03
(issued on 9 September 2003)

-Background Brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(1)2434/02-03(03)
(English and Chinese versionsissued on 9 and 10 September 2003 respectively)

-Paper provided by the Administration on "Summary of the Proposals in the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2003"

LC Paper No. CB(1)2228/02-03(05)
(issued on 17 July 2003)

-Marked-up copy of Schedule 3 and related consequential and other amendments in Schedule 5 of the Bill

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20 April 2004