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Judges' Remuneration (Amendment) Bill

Bill Summary

  • Purpose: The Bill amends the Judges' Remuneration Act to provide for the remuneration of the Judges of the Appellate Division, who form a new class of judges that sit in the Appellate Division of the High Court.

  • Responses: Senior Minister of State Edwin Tong Chun Fai explained that the Bill is a consequential amendment linked to the Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill and noted that the proposed changes had been explained and discussed during an earlier debate.

Reading Status 2nd Reading
1st Reading Mon, 7 October 2019
Introduction — no debate
2nd Reading Tue, 5 November 2019

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Members Involved

Edwin Tong Chun Fai (Senior Minister of State for Health and Law)

Transcripts

First Reading (7 October 2019)

"to amend the Judges' Remuneration Act (Chapter 147 of the 1995 Revised Edition)",

presented by the Senior Minister of State for Law (Mr Edwin Tong Chun Fai) on behalf of the Minister for Law; read the First time; to be read a Second time on the next available Sitting of Parliament, and to be printed.

Second Reading (5 November 2019)

Order for Second Reading read.

2.11 pm

The Senior Minister of State for Law (Mr Edwin Tong Chun Fai) (for the Minister for Law): Mr Speaker, on behalf of the Minister for Law, I beg to move, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."

This Bill amends the Judges' Remuneration Act consequent to the introduction of the Judges of the Appellate Division who will form a new class of judges that sit in the Appellate Division of the High Court.

This Bill is linked to the previous Bill on our Order Paper, the Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Bill. In that debate, I had explained the amendments proposed in both Bills. Members have already raised their questions and expressed their views on both Bills during the earlier debate, although they are still welcome to do so now if there are any. Mr Speaker, I beg to move.

Question proposed.

Mr Speaker: Would anyone like to contribute at this stage? Okay.

Question put, and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read a Second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.

The House immediately resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. – [Mr Edwin Tong Chun Fai].

Bill considered in Committee; reported without amendment; read a Third time and passed.