Bills Committee on
Marriage (Introduction of Civil Celebrants of Marriages and
General Amendments) Bill

Meeting on Tuesday, 4 October 2005 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A



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

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2644/04-05
(Issued on 29 September 2005)

-Minutes of meeting on 7 September 2005

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

(a)Administration's response to outstanding issues

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2655/04-05(01)
(attached)

-List of outstanding issues raised at previous meetings prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (position as at 29 September 2005)

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2655/04-05(02)
(attached)

-Paper provided by the Administration on issues on the Bill raised at the meetings on 21 June and 21 July 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2655/04-05(03)
(attached)

-Paper provided by the Administration on issues on the Bill raised at the meeting on 7 September 2005

(b) Draft Committee Stage amendments proposed by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2655/04-05(04)
(to follow)

-Draft Committee Stage amendments proposed by the Administration

III.Any other business
(10:25 am - 10:30 am)

Other relevant papers

Please refer to the Appendix.


Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
30 September 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

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2344/04-05(01)
(Issued on 20 July 2005)

-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"

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(02)
(Issued on 5 September 2005)

-Paper provided by the Administration on miscellaneous issues on the Bill raised at the meeting on 13 July 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(03)
(Issued on 5 September 2005)

-Paper provided by the Administration on miscellaneous issues on the Bill raised at the meeting on 21 July 2005

Paper provided by Legislative Council Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(01)
(Issued on 5 September 2005)

-List of concerns/issues raised at previous meetings prepared by Legislative Council Secretariat

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

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2266/04-05(01)
(English version only)(Issued on 14 July 2005)

-Written submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(04)
(English version only)(Issued on 5 September 2005)

-Written submission from Mr Simon PATKIN of "Capitalist Solutions"