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It is also desirable to exempt from jury service probation officers and social workers working in correctional institutions run by the Social Welfare Department, as the duties of these officers are directly This is concerned with the administration of justice. also in line with the current exemptions for officers working in the correctional services field.
The second problem arises
problem arises from the fact that lists of jurors are available for purchase by the public.
Complaints have been received from members of the public that commercial firms are using these lists as mailing lists for potential customers. It is therefore proposed to discontinue publication. By virtue of this Bill, the right to purchase juror lists is removed but the lists may be inspected by the public at the office of the Registrar, Supreme Court.
The third problem relates to the need to update the Ordinance in line with the recent computerisation of juror listing. For example, with the computerisation of jury lists, in the selection of jurors for the purpose of forming a panel, potential jurors are no longer referred to by names but by numbers corresponding to their names, and ballot cards would no longer be written but printed with numbers corresponding to the names of the jurors summoned to form a panel.
the Certain provisions in Ordinance will require amendment as a result.