Bills Committee on
Prevention of Child Pornography Bill

Meeting on Friday, 8 November 2002 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

  1. Meeting with the Administration

    2. (8:30 am - 10:25 am)

    LC Paper No. CB(2)58/02-03(01)
    (English version issued on 11.10.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)109/02-03 on 18.10.2002)

    		- Administration's paper entitled "Knowingly"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)2377/01-02(03)
    (English version issued on 24.6.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2799/01-02 on 19.9.2002)

    		- Administration's response to the submission from The Law Society of Hong Kong

    LC Paper No. CB(2)2377/01-02(02)
    (English version issued on 24.6.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2799/01-02 on 19.9.2002)

    		- Administration's response on the judgment relating to child pornography by the Supreme Court of the United States on 16 April 2002 and its implications on the Prevention of Child Pornography Bill

    LC Paper No. CB(2)2423/01-02(01)
    (English version issued on 26.6.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2799/01-02 on 19.9.2002)

    		- Administration's response to outstanding issues raised at the meetings on 3, 17 May and 3 June 2002

    LC Paper No. CB(2)2799/01-02(01)
    (issued on 19.9.2002)

    		- Administration's paper entitled "A Two-tier Definition of Pornographic Depiction"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)58/02-03(03)
    (issued on 11.10.2002)

    		- Administration's response to issues raised at the Bills Committee meeting of Prevention of Child Pornography Bill on 26 June 2002

    LC Paper No. CB(2)58/02-03(02)
    (issued on 11.10.2002)

    		- Administration's response to submissions from deputations on Prevention of Child Pornography Bill

    LC Paper No. CB(2)58/02-03(04)
    (issued on 11.10.2002)

    		- Administration's response to issues raised by Assistant Legal Adviser at the Bills Committee meeting of Prevention of Child Pornography Bill on 26 June 2002

    LC Paper No. CB(2)2344/01-02(01)
    (issued on 19.6.2002)

    		- Administration's response to the further submission from Hong Kong Christian Service

    LC Paper No. CB(2)299/02-03(01)
    (English version attached, Chinese version to follow)

    		- Administration's paper entitled "The Judgement of R v. Land"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)299/02-03(02)
    (English version attached, Chinese version to follow)

    		- Administration's paper entitled "Proposals of Council of European Union on Combating Sexual Exploitation of Children and Child Pornography"

    LC Paper No. CB(2)299/02-03(03)
    (English version attached, Chinese version to follow)

    		- Administration's paper entitled "Legal Age of Consent for Sexual Activity and the Age of 'Child' Defined in Child Pornography Legislation in Selected European Countries"


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

  2. Date of next meeting

    3. (10:25 am - 10:30 am)
Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
7 November 2002

Appendix

Other relevant papers previously issued



Background information on the Bill

Ref: SBCR 2/3231/2001
(issued by the Security Bureau on 8 January 2002)

- Legislative Council Brief

LC Paper No. LS47/01-02
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)989/01-02 on 24.1.2002)

- Legal Service Division Report

LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02(02)
(issued on 16.4.2002)

- Marked-up copy of the relevant Ordinances

LC Paper No. CB(2)1597/01-02(03)
(issued on 16.4.2002)

- Background paper prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat on the Prevention of Child Pornography Bill

LC Paper No. CB(2)1606/01-02(01)
(issued on 16.4.2002)

- Administration's paper concerning the definition of a child in other jurisdictions and overseas experience in prosecutions against child pornography in response to members' request at the meeting of the Panel on Security on 6.12.2001

Papers provided by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1777/01-02(01)
(English version issued on 2.5.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1997/01-02 on 21.5.2002)

- Administration's paper on the Prevention of Child Pornography Bill and the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance

LC Paper No. CB(2)1777/01-02(02)
(English version issued on 2.5.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1997/01-02 on 21.5.2002)

- Administration's paper on the penalty levels

LC Paper No. CB(2)1806/01-02(01)
(English version issued on 2.5.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1997/01-02 on 21.5.2002)

- Administration's paper on the Proposed Statutory Defence in relation to Age of Person Pornographically Depicted : Clause 4(5)(a) and (b)

LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(02)
(English version issued on 16.5.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2179/01-02 on 4.6.2002)

- Administration's paper on the defence of artistic merit

LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(03)
(English version issued on 16.5.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2179/01-02 on 4.6.2002)

- Administration's paper on the concept of "appears to be under the age of 16"

LC Paper No. CB(2)2377/01-02(01)
(English version issued on 24.6.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2799/01-02 on 19.9.2002)

- Administration's response on overseas legislation on possession of child pornography

Letters from Legal Service Division to the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)2062/01-02(01)
(issued on 24.5.2002)

- Letter dated 17.5.2002 from Legal Service Division to the Administration

Administration's response to Legal Service Division's letters

LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(01)
(English version issued on 16.5.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2179/01-02 on 4.6.2002)

- Administration's response to Legal Service Division's letter dated 14.3.2002

Submissions received

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(01)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1996/01-02 on 21.5.2002)

- Submission from the End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(02)
(issued on 13.5.2002)

- Submission from the Hong Kong Joint Secretariat for Colloquium of Religious Leaders

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(03)
(issued on 13.5.2002)

- Submission from the Movie Producers and Distributors Association of Hong Kong Limited

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(04)
(issued on 13.5.2002)

- Submission from The Hong Kong Committee on Children's Rights

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(05)
(issued on 13.5.2002)

- Submission from the Against Child Abuse Limited

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(06)
(issued on 13.5.2002)

- Submission from the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(07)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1996/01-02 on 21.5.2002)

- Submission from The Society for Truth and Light

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(08)
(issued on 13.5.2002)

- Submission from the Hong Kong College of Paediatricians

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(09)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1962/01-02 on 15.5.2002)

- Submission from the Hong Kong Christian Service in May 2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(10)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16.5.2002)

- Submission from the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(11)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16.5.2002)

- Submission from the Oxfam Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(12)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02 on 14.5.2002)

- Submission from the Hong Kong Web Hosting Association

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(13)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02 on 14.5.2002)

- Submission from the Hong Kong Kowloon and New Territories Motion Picture Industry Association Limited

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(14)
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1968/01-02 on 16.5.2002)

- Submission from The Law Society of Hong Kong

LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(15)
(English version issued on 13.5.2002, Chinese version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1962/01-02 on 15.5.2002)

- Submission from the Committee on Child Abuse

LC Paper No. CB(2)1942/01-02(01)
(issued on 14.5.2002)

- Submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association

LC Paper No. CB(2)2178/01-02(01)
(issued on 14.6.2002)

- Further submission from the Hong Kong Christian Service dated 24.5.2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)2310/01-02(01)
(issued on 17.6.2002)

- Submission from the Social Workers Registration Board

LC Paper No. CB(2)2423/01-02(02)
(issued on 26.6.2002)

- Further submission from the Against Child Abuse Limited dated 25.6.2002

LC Paper No. CB(2)2215/01-02(01)
(issued on 7.6.2002)

- Code of Practice provided by the Hong Kong Internet Service Providers Association on the regulation of obscene and indecent materials

Administration's response to submissions

LC Paper No. CB(2)1982/01-02(04)
(Chinese version issued on 16.5.2002, English version issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2191/01-02 on 5.6.2002)

- Administration's response to submission from the Against Child Abuse Limited (LC Paper No. CB(2)1892/01-02(05))


Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
7 November 2002