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PROPOSED LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME 1992

(Position as at 11.11.92)

Branch Responsible

Subject

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Main Provision

ttorney General's hambers

stitutional Affairs

nch

& New Territories nistration

1 Service Branch

omic Services

ch

District Court (Amendment) Bill

1992 *

Supreme Court (Amendment) Bill

Bail Bill

Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms

Enduring Powers of Attorney Bill

Boundary and

Election Commission and Demarcation of Electoral Boundaries

Amusement Game Centres Bill *

Bedspace Apartments

Pensions Modification Bill

Merchant Shipping. (Safety) (Amendment) Bill *

To provide for finality of judgment

To give the Court of Appeal jurisdiction over appeals on points of law arising from criminal cases

To implement Law Reform Commission's recommendations regarding bail

To provide a statutory basis for the regulation of foreign law firms and foreign lawyers in Hong Kong

To enable powers of attorney to survive any subsequent mental incapacity of donor

To establish the Commission and provide statutory criteria for demarcating electoral boundaries and to oversee the administration of electoral arrangements

To establish a new scheme for licensing amusement game centres

To introduce a licensing scheme

To provide for changes to dependant pensions and other- pensions arrangements

To enable the Director of Marine to survey passenger ships plying on

non-international voyage and to ensure safety standards of cargo ships

troduced into LegCo

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