20 =
35 340 1978
Legislation
January 1993
Review of Legislation in the light of the Bill of Rights (BOR) Ordinance
Nature of Problem
Relevant Action
Target date for completion of the review
Target date for introduction of amending legislation/subsidiary legislation (if necessary)
A.
+
Public Order Ordinance
control of public meetings and processions
!
11
111
141
· I
11
56:21
17:
Review of the part of the Ordinance on public meetings and processions near completion. Scope of review has been extended to provisions in the Ordinance which may be BOR suspect. We are drafting necessary amendments for these provisions. An amendment Bill will be submitted to EXC as soon as possible within the next few months.
March 1993
May 1993
B. Emergency
Regulations
Ordinance
No provision expressly preventing derogation from basic rights in times of emergency.
Article VII (3) of Letters Patent effectively prevents the making of regulations that infringe non-derogable rights. No obvious need to amend the Ordinance on this aspect but NC is re-examining.
in the next few months.
depending on ACC's advice or whether there is a need for amendments.