Bills Committee on
Marriage (Introduction of Civil Celebrants of Marriages and
General Amendments) Bill
Meeting on Wednesday, 7 September 2005 at 10:45 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building
A G E N D A
| I. | Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(10:45 am - 10:50 am)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2) 2460 & 2461/04-05
(Issued on 18 August 2005)
| - | Minutes of meetings on 13 and 21 July 2005
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| II. | Meeting with the Administration
(10:50 am - 12:40 pm)
| (a) | Administration's response to outstanding issues
| | LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(01)
(English version attached, Chinese version to follow)
| - | List of concerns/issues raised at previous meetings prepared by Legislative Council Secretariat
| | LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(02)
(attached)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on miscellaneous issues on the Bill raised at the meeting on 13 July 2005
| | LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(03)
(attached)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on miscellaneous issues on the Bill raised at the meeting on 21 July 2005
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| Papers previously issued
| | LC Paper No. CB(2) 2239/04-05(01)
(Issued on 11 July 2005)
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- | Written submission from Mr YIP Ming
| | LC Paper No. CB(2) 2266/04-05(01)
(English version only)
(Issued on 14 July 2005)
| - | Written submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association
| | (b) | Clause-by-clause examination
(from C1349 - clause 20 onwards)
| | LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(03)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)
| - | Marked-up copy of the Bill
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| III. | Any other business
(12:40 pm - 12:45 pm)
Other relevant papers
Please refer to the Appendix.
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Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
5 September 2005
Appendix
Relevant papers
Background information on the Bill
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SBCR 1/1/5691/89'D'
| - | Legislative Council Brief issued by the Security Bureau on 18 May 2005
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LC Paper No. LS 73/04-05
(Issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2) 1770/04-05 dated 2 June 2005 for the House Committee meeting on 3 June 2005)
| - | Legal Service Division Report on the Bill
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(02)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)
| - | Extract from the minutes of the House Committee meeting on 3 June 2005
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(04)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)
| - | Background brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat
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The Bill and marked-up copy
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LC Paper No. CB(3) 623/04-05
(Issued on 20 May 2005)
| - | The Bill
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Papers provided by the Administration
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(01)
(Issued on 30 June 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Overseas experience in the appointment of civil celebrants of marriages"
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(02)
(Issued on 2 July 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Impact on the Government's revenue"
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 2155/04-05(03)
(Issued on 2 July 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Flowchart indicating the work of a Civil Celebrant of Marriage"
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 2251/04-05(01)
(Issued on 12 July 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Miscellaneous issues on the Bill raised at the meetings on 21 June and 4 July 2005"
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 2344/04-05(01)
(Issued on 20 July 2005)
| - | Paper provided by the Administration on "Criteria and procedures for non-Hong Kong residents to get married and have their marriages celebrated before civil celebrants"
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Submissions
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(05)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)
| - | Written submission from Mr LO Kai-wing (Chinese version only)
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LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(04)
(English version only)
(Issued on 5 September 2005)
| - | Written submission from Mr Simon PATKIN of "Capitalist Solutions"
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