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Ord. No. 64/84
JURY (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
No. 64 OF 1984
I assent.
JURY (AMENDMENT)
Ord. No. 64/84
4.
Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by inserting, after paragraph (aa), the following--
"(ab) justices of the peace;";
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Amendment of section 5.
L.S.
An Ordinance to amend the Jury Ordinance.
D. C. BRAY, Deputy to the Governor. 26 July 1984
[27 July 1984]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title.
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Jury (Amendment) Ordinance 1984.
Amendment of
2.
section 4.
Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "60" and substituting the following-
(Cap. 3.)
"65".
Addition of new section 4A.
3. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 4, the following-
"Supply of information.
4A. (1) The Registrar or the Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require any person specified in the notice who possesses that information, to supply him, in such manner and within such time as may be so specified, with-
(a) the name and the number of the identity card of any person who has passed or obtained such grade of pass in any English language examination or part thereof as may be specified;
(b) such information as he considers necessary to enable him to determine whether any person has a knowledge of the English language sufficient for the purposes set out in
section 4.
(2) Notice under subsection (1) may be given to the person in question by---
(a) delivering it to him;
(b) leaving it at his last known address; or
(c) sending it by post to his last known postal address.
(3) Any person who—
(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a require-
ment under subsection (1); or
(b) in purported compliance with any such requirement, know- ingly supplies any information which is false in a material particular.
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.".
(b) by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following-
"(b) any public officer who is
(Cap. 95.)
(i) a judge, deputy judge, District Judge, deputy District Judge, Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar, coroner or magistrate;
(ii) a presiding officer, adjudicator or member of established by law;
any tribunal
(iii) an officer or member of the staff of any court or tribunal established by law, if his work is mainly concerned with the day to day administration of the court or tribunal;
(iv) appointed to and serving in Hong Kong as a legal officer; (v) serving in the Legal Department, the Registrar General's Department or the Legal Aid Department;
(vi) a member of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, the Immigration Service, the Customs and Excise Service or the Fire Services Department, including a person holding any post specified in the Seventh Schedule to the Fire Services Ordinance;
(vii) an officer of the Correctional Services Department; (viii) an officer or member of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force;
(ix) the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or an officer of the Independent Commission Against Corruption;
(x) carrying out duties in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, the Immigration Department, the Customs and Excise Depart- ment, the Fire Services Department, the Correctional Services Department, the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force or the Independent Commission Against Corruption; or
(xi) serving in a training or apprentice rank;";
(c) by deleting paragraph (i) and substituting the following—
"(i) full time students of any school, college, university, polytechnic, technical institute, industrial training centre or other educational (including vocational education) institution;"; and
(d) in paragraph (n)—
5. following-
(i) by deleting "women" and substituting the following---
"persons"; and
(ii) by inserting after "in" the following-
"monasteries,”.
Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the Repeal and
replacement of section 12.
"Power to remove from jury lists.
12. (1) The Registrar may, from time to time—
(a) amend the list of special jurors or the list of common jurors by removing the name of any person who he has reason to believe is not qualified or liable to serve as a juror, or is exempt from service;
(b) amend the list of special jurors by removing the name of any person who he has reason to believe is not qualified to serve as a special juror.