Table of Contents

Chapter 11

Legislative process
Introductory
Legislative Council's power and function to make and amend laws
Bills
Classification of bills
Public and private bills
Government bills and Members' bills under the Basic Law
Form of Bills
Title of a bill
Long title
Enacting formula and preamble
Short title and commencement date
Language
Structure of a bill
Explanatory memorandum
Saving provision for "private bills"
Subsidiary legislation and subordinate legislation
Publication and numbering of subsidiary legislation
Commencement notice
Pre-legislative scrutiny
Compliance with Article 74 of the Basic Law
Purpose of Article 74 of the Basic Law
Interpretation of specific terms in Article 74
"Relate to"
"Public expenditure"
"Operation of the Government"
"Government policies"
"Political structure"
Legislative procedures
Gazettal and presentation of bills
Government bills
Members' bills
Member or public officer in charge of a bill
Bills with substantially the same provisions
Three-reading process
First Reading
Second Reading
Referral to House Committee
Forming of a Bills Committee
Queuing system for Bills Committees
Consideration of a bill by a Bills Committee
Notice for resumption of the second reading debate on a bill
Resumption of the second reading debate on a bill
Committee Stage - committal of bills to a committee of the whole Council or to a select committee
Proceedings of a committee of the whole Council
Report of the bill to the Council
Recommittal of a bill
Third reading
Amendments to bills
Notice of amendments to bills
Form of amendments to bills
Restrictions
Relevance to the bill and to the clause
Consistency with the clause agreed to and previous decision of the committee
Amendment making a clause unintelligible
Amendment considered by the Chairman frivolous or meaningless
Language of amendments
Amendment dependent on another amendment
Amendment with charging effect
Withdrawal or postponement of bills
Signing of the bill by the Chief Executive and Promulgation
Subsidiary legislation
Nature of subsidiary legislation
Consultation with Panels
Consideration by the House Committee
Proceedings in the Council for consideration of subsidiary legislation
Withdrawal of subsidiary legislation
Matters to be recorded in the minutes of proceedings

List of Appendices

11-A

President's ruling on the amendments to the Sex Discrimination Ordinance (67 of 1995) (Commencement) Notice 1996, The Disability Discrimination Ordinance (86 of 1995) (Commencement) Notice 1996; and The District Court Equal Opportunities Rules proposed by Hon LEE Cheuk-yan

11-B

President's ruling on the Labour Relations (Right to Representation, Consultation and Collective Bargaining) Bill proposed by the Hon LEE Cheuk-yan

11-C

President's ruling on the Employment (Amendment) Bill 1999 proposed by Hon Andrew CHENG Kar-foo

11-D

Form No. CB(3)-12 for giving notice of presentation of Bill

11-E

Three-reading process of a bill

11-F

President's ruling on Committee Stage Amendments proposed by Members to the Building Management (Amendment) Bill 2000

11-G

President's ruling on Committee stage amendments proposed by six Members to the Appropriation Bill 2013

11-H

President's ruling on Committee stage amendments proposed by 14 Members to the Appropriation Bill 2014

11-I

President's ruling on Committee stage amendments proposed by 17 Members to the Appropriation Bill 2015