Bills Committee on
Marriage (Introduction of Civil Celebrants of Marriages and
General Amendments) Bill
Meeting on Thursday, 21 July 2005 at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building
Revised agenda
| I. | Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(2:30 pm - 2:35 pm)
|
| LC Paper No. CB(2) 2307/04-05
(Issued on 18 July 2005)
| - | Minutes of meeting on 4 July 2005
|
| II. | Meeting with the Administration
(2:35 pm - 4:25 pm)
| (a) | Administration's response to outstanding issues
| | LC Paper No. CB(2) 2344/04-05(01)
(attached)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Criteria and procedures for non-Hong Kong residents to get married and have their marriages celebrated before civil celebrants"
| | (b) | Clause-by-clause examination
(from C1337 - clause 12 onwards)
|
|
| III. | Any other business
(4:25 pm - 4:30 pm)
Other relevant papers
Please refer to the Appendix.
|
Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
20 July 2005
Appendix
Relevant papers
Background information on the Bill
|
SBCR 1/1/5691/89'D'
| - | Legislative Council Brief issued by the Security Bureau on 18 May 2005
|
LC Paper No. LS 73/04-05
(Issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1770/04-05 dated 2 June 2005 for the House Committee meeting on 3 June 2005)
| - | Legal Service Division Report on the Bill
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(02)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)
| - | Extract from the minutes of the House Committee meeting on 3 June 2005
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(04)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)
| - | Background brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat
|
The Bill and marked-up copy
|
LC Paper No. CB(3) 623/04-05
(Issued on 20 May 2005)
| - | The Bill
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(03)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)
| - | Marked-up copy of the Bill
|
Papers provided by the Administration
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(01)
(Issued on 30 June 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Overseas experience in the appointment of civil celebrants of marriages"
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(02)
(Issued on 2 July 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Impact on the Government's revenue"
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(03)
(Issued on 2 July 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Flowchart indicating the work of a Civil Celebrant of Marriage"
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 2251/04-05(01)
(Issued on 12 July 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Miscellaneous issues on the Bill raised at the meetings on 21 June and 4 July 2005"
|
Submissions
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(05)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)
| - | Written submission from Mr LO Kai-wing (Chinese version only)
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 2239/04-05(01)
(Issued on 11 July 2005)
| - | Written submission from Mr YIP Ming
(English version only)
|
LC Paper No. CB(2) 2266/04-05(01)
(Issued on 14 July 2005)
| - | Written submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association (English version only)
|
