Official Languages Ordinance

(1)
There shall be a Bilingual Laws Advisory Committee which
shall—
(a)
advise the Chief Executive in Council whenever consulted by him under
section 4B(1)
, which advice may include recommendations as to the
                    sequence in which authentic texts of Ordinances should be declared under
section 4B(1)
; and
(b)
perform such other functions as the Chief Executive in Council may from
                    time to time direct,
in relation to the publication of laws in the official languages.
(2)
The Bilingual Laws Advisory Committee shall consist of a chairman and other
                members appointed by the Chief Executive, who shall hold office for such period as
                the Chief Executive may determine.
(3)
The members of the Bilingual Laws Advisory Committee appointed under subsection
                (2) shall
include—
(a)
a legal officer, as defined in
section 2
of the Legal Officers
                    Ordinance (
Cap. 87
);
(b)
a practising solicitor appointed after consultation with the president of
                    the Law Society of Hong Kong;
(c)
a practising barrister appointed after consultation with the chairman of
                    the Hong Kong Bar Association; and
(d)
not less than 2 persons, not being public officers, who in the opinion of
                    the Chief Executive have appropriate language skills.
(4)
A member of the Bilingual Laws Advisory Committee may resign at any time by
                notice in writing addressed to the Chief Executive.
(5)
The Bilingual Laws Advisory Committee shall meet as often as may be necessary
                for the discharge of its functions under subsection (1) or as the chairman may
                direct.
(6)
The procedure of the
                Bilingual
                Laws Advisory Committee shall be such as the chairman may determine and, subject
                thereto, the
Committee—
(a)
may establish sub-committees to assist the Committee in the discharge of
                    its functions;
(b)
may appoint as members of any such sub-committee suitably qualified persons
                    to assist such sub-committee; and
(c)
may consult with such other persons as the Committee may deem
                    fit.