Bills Committee on Evidence (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2002

Second meeting to be held on Friday, 14 March 2003 at 2:30 pm
in Conference Room A 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)1444/02-03 (issued on 12 March 2003 vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1445/02-03)	-	Minutes of meeting on 14 February 2003
II.	Part I - Competence and compellability of spouses in criminal proceedings (2:35 pm - 3:15 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1446/02-03(01) (attached)	-	Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 14 February 2003
III.	Part II - Use of live television link in criminal proceedings (3:15 pm - 3:45 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1446/02-03(02) (attached)	-	Administration's response to issues raised at the meeting on 14 February 2003
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1446/02-03(03) (attached)	-	Letter dated 10 March 2003 from Mr Andrew Bruce on behalf of the Hong Kong Bar Association
IV.	Clause by clause examination of the Bill (3:45 pm - 4:25 pm)
	LC Paper No. CB(3) 632/01-02 (issued on 17 May 2002)	-	The Bill
	LC Paper No. CB(2)1169/02-03(02) (issued on 13 February 2003)	-	Marked-up copy of the Bill
	(A list of other relevant papers previously issued is in the Appendix)
IV.	Date of next meeting (4:25 pm - 4:30 pm)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
12 March 2003

Appendix

Other relevant papers previously issued

General
LP 911/00/1C /LP 911/00/2C (issued on 27 November 2002)	-	Legislative Council Brief
LS99/01-02 (issued on 30 May 2002 vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2119/01-02)	-	Legal Service Division Report
LC Paper No. CB(2)1167/02-03(01) (issued on 13 February 2003)	-	Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat on "Proposals relating to competence and compellability of spouses and evidence from overseas via live television link"
Part I - Competence and compellability of spouses in criminal proceedings
LC Paper No. CB(2)1169/02-03(03) (issued on 13 February 2003)	-	Letter dated 10 February 2003 from Assistant Legal Adviser to the Administration on Part I of the Bill
LC Paper No. CB(2)1199/02-03(01) (issued on 17 February 2003)	-	A comparison of the provisions of the Evidence (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2002 with the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill 1990 on competence and compellability of spouses in criminal proceedings
Part II - Use of live television link in criminal proceedings
LC Paper No. CB(2)1168/02-03(01) (issued on 13 February 2003)	-	Evidence (Audio and Audio Visual Links) Act 1998 (New South Wales, Australia)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1168/02-03(02) (issued on 13 February 2003)	-	Extract of Evidence Act 1958 (Victoria, Australia)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1168/02-03(03) (issued on 13 February 2003)	-	Extract of Evidence Act 1906 (Western Australia)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1168/02-03(04) (issued on 13 February 2003)	-	Extract of Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 (Commonwealth Australia)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1168/02-03(05) (issued on 13 February 2003)	-	Extract of Criminal Justice Act 1988 (UK)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
12 March 2003