Bills Committee on Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001

Meeting on Thursday, 23 May 2002 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I. Meeting with the Administration

The Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2)1280/01-02(01)--Marked-up copy of the Bill (issued)

LC Paper No.LS69/01-02--Paper on the Bill prepared by Assistant Legal Adviser (ALA) highlighting issues for discussion (issued under LC Paper No. CB(2)1352/01-02)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2032/01-02(01)--List of outstanding issues (English version only) (attached)

(A) Matters arising from meeting on 2 May 2002 relating to Part XI of the Bill (Miscellaneous Amendments to Ordinances Relating to Tertiary Institutions)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1879/01-02(01)--Letter dated 8 May 2002 from the Administration responding to issues raised at the meeting on 2 May 2002 (issued)

(B) Matters arising from meeting on 9 May 2002 relating to Parts I, IV, VII and XIV of the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2)1984/01-02(01)--Letter dated 16 May 2002 from the Administration responding to issues raised at the meeting on 9 May 2002 (issued)

(C) Part V of the Bill (Marital Rape and Related Sexual Offences)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1913/01-02(01)--Letter dated 18 April 2002 from ALA to the Administration (issued)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1913/01-02(02)--Letter dated 19 April 2002 from the Administration to ALA (issued)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1913/01-02(03)--Letter dated 25 April 2002 from ALA to the Administration (issued)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1708/01-02(01)--Letter dated 23 April 2002 from Mr SIN Wai-man (issued)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2032/01-02(02)--Letter dated 21 May 2002 from the Administration on Part V of the Bill (attached)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2032/01-02(03)--Letter dated 21 May 2002 from SIN Wai-man (attached)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2032/01-02(04)--Letter dated 22 May 2002 from the Administration (attached)

Papers previously issued

LC Paper No. CB(2)1270/01-02(03)--An extract of minutes of the meeting of the Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services on 26 April 2001 and relevant papers concerning marital rape

LC Paper No. CB(2)1283/01-02(01)--Provisions of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1290/01-02(02)--A list of classifications of relevant sexual offences prepared by ALA

LC Paper No. CB(2)1352/01-02(01)--Background paper on marital rape prepared by the Clerk

LC Paper No. CB(2)1377/01-02(01)--The Administration's reply to paragraph 3 of ALA's letter dated 11 March 2002

LC Paper Nos. CB(2)1400/01-02(01) and (02)--The Administration's letter dated 18 March 2002 enclosing a copy of the Sexual Offences Act 1956

LC Paper No. CB(2)1453/01-02(02)--Written submission dated 24 March 2002 from Mr SIN Wai-man

LC Paper No. CB(2)1455/01-02(02)--The Administration's response dated 26 March 2002 to the issues raised at the meeting on 8 March 2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)1477/01-02(01)--A letter dated 27 March 2002 from the Law Society of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)1619/01-02(01)--The Administration's response dated 16 April 2002 on possible ways to simplify Part V of the Bill (issued)

II. Date of next meeting

The next meeting will be held on 30 May 2002 at 8:30 am.

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
22 May 2002