Bills Committee on
Marriage (Introduction of Civil Celebrants of Marriages and
General Amendments) Bill

Meeting on Tuesday, 25 October 2005 at 8:30 am
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A



I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(8:30 am - 8:35 am)

LC Paper No. CB(2) 107/05-06
(Issued on 20 October 2005)

-Minutes of meeting on 4 October 2005

II.Meeting with the Administration
(8:35 am - 10:25 am)

(a)Administration's response to outstanding issues

LC Paper No. CB(2) 108/05-06(01)
(attached)

- List of outstanding issues raised at previous meetings prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (position as at 20 October 2005)

LC Paper No. CB(2) 108/05-06(02)
(attached)

-Paper provided by the Administration on summary of offences in the Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 181) and the Bill

(b) Draft Committee Stage amendments proposed by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2655/04-05(04)
(English version issued on30 September 2005; Chinese version issued on 3 October 2005)

-Draft Committee Stage amendments provided by the Administration for the meeting on 4 October 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 108/05-06(03)
(to follow)

-Revised draft Committee Stage amendments proposed by the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(03)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)

- Marked-up copy of the Bill

III.Any other business
(10:25 am - 10:30 am)

Other relevant papers

Please refer to the Appendix

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
20 October 2005

Appendix

Relevant papers



Background information on the Bill

SBCR 1/1/5691/89'D'

-Legislative Council Brief issued by the Security Bureau on 18 May 2005

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

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

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(04)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)

-Background brief prepared by the LegCo Secretariat

The Bill

LC Paper No.CB(3) 623/04-05
(Issued on 20 May 2005)

-The Bill

Papers provided by the Administration

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"

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"

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"

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

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"

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(02)
(Issued on 5 September 2005)

-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)
(Issued on 5 September 2005)

-Paper provided by the Administration on miscellaneous issues on the Bill raised at the meeting on 21 July 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2655/04-05(02)
(Issued on 30 September 2005)

-Paper provided by the Administration on issues on the Bill raised at the meetings on 21 June and 21 July 2005

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2655/04-05(03)
(Issued on 30 September 2005)

-Paper provided by the Administration on issues on the Bill raised at the meeting on 7 September 2005

Paper provided by Legislative Council Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2530/04-05(01)

-(Issued on 5 September 2005) List of concerns/issues raised at previous meetings prepared by Legislative Council Secretariat

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2655/04-05(01)

-List of outstanding issues raised at previous meetings prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat (position as at 3 October 2005)

Submissions

LC Paper No. CB(2) 1984/04-05(05)
(Issued on 20 June 2005)

-Written submission from Mr LO Kai-wing (Chinese version only)

LC Paper No. CB(2) 2239/04-05(01)
(Issued on 11 July 2005)

-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

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"