Bills Committee on Adaptation of Laws Bill 2001

Third meeting on Tuesday, 5 November 2002 at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room B of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(2:30 pm - 2:35 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)241/02-03
(issued on 1 November 2002)

-Minutes of meeting on 17 September 2002

II.Meeting with the Administration
(2:35 pm - 4:25 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)243/02-03(01)
(attached)

-Administration's response to the issues raised at the meeting on 17 September 2002 and the submission made by the Hong Kong Bar Association dated 12 September 2002 on the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2)243/02-03(02)
(attached)

-Background Brief on "Application of certain provisions of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance to the Chief Executive" prepared by the LegCo Secretariat

The Bill circulated vide LC Paper No. CB(3)239/01-02 on 7 December 2001

Marked-up copies of the Bill (LC Paper No. CB(2)2570/01-02(02)) issued on 12 July 2002

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

III.Date of next meeting
(4:25 pm - 4:30 pm)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
1 November 2002


Appendix

Other relevant papers previously issued


Background information on the Bill

CSO/ADM CR 1/1/3572/90 (01)
(issued by the Administration Wing of the Chief Secretary for Administration's Office on 6 December 2001)

-Legislative Council Brief

LS36/01-02
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)803/01-02 on 3 January 2002)

-Legal Service Division Report

LC Paper No. CB(2)2570/01-02(03)
(issued on 12 July 2002)

-Guiding Principles and Guideline Glossary of Terms for Adaptation of Laws Programme

LC Paper No. CB(2)2570/01-02(04)
(issued on 12 July 2002)

-An extract of the report of the Bills Committee on Adaptation of Laws Bill 1998 concerning adaptation of reference to "Colonial Regulations" Papers previously issued

LC Paper No. CB(2)2774/01-02(01)
(issued on 13 September 2002)

-Paper prepared by the Administration on issues raised at the meeting on 15 July 2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)2774/01-02(02)
(issued on 13 September 2002) (English version only)

-Submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association on the Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2)2774/01-02(03)
(issued on 13 September 2002) (English version only)

-Letter dated 12 September 2002 from the Law Society of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)2774/01-02(04)
(issued on 13 September 2002) (Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2811/01-02 on 23 September 2002)

-Background Brief on Adaptation of Laws Bills prepared by the LegCo Secretariat

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
1 November 2002