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Revision of Legitimacy Ordinance

Following is the speech by the acting Secretary for Security, Mr Ken Woodhouse, in moving the motion in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday) that the fees and charges specified in the Legitimacy Ordinance be revised:

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Mr President,

I move the third motion in my name on the Order Paper. It seeks to increase the fees specified in the Schedule to the Legitimacy Ordinance.

The Legitimacy Ordinance provides for the re-registration of the births of legitimated persons. Fees collected relate to the re-registration of births and the issue of certified copies of entries of the birth of legitimated persons. The fees were last revised in July 1994. It is now proposed to revise the fees from $200 to $270, for re- registration of births, and from $80 to $110, for a certified copy of an entry of the birth.

Mr President, I beg to move.

End/Wednesday, June 14, 1995

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Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill 1995: second reading

Following is the speech by the acting Chief Secretary, the Hon Michael Suen, in the resumption of the second reading of the Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill 1995 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Mr President,

On 25 January this year, the Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill was introduced into this Council. This Bill seeks to implement the recommendations made by an interdepartmental working group set up to undertake a comprehensive review of the law, policy and practice governing the provision of legal aid services, taking into account the comments on a consultation paper published in April 1993. The objective of the Bill is to improve the scope and the operation of legal aid services in Hong Kong.