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Certain names to be passed over.
Summoning juries. [No. 11 of 1864, s. 13, No. 24 of 1882, s. 8.]
General list. [No. 24 of 1882, s. 9, No. 8 of 1872, s. 2.]
Special jury in criminal cases. [No. 8 of 1872, s. 1.]
Ballot for juries. [No. 11 of 1864, s. 16.]
Keeping jury together. [No. 8 of 1872, s. 45.]
ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1887.
Jury Consolidation.
Provided that the party applying for such special jury, and who shall have obtained a rule or order of the Court for that purpose, shall, when the cause is set down in the general hearing list, deposit with the Registrar or other officer of the Court, a sum sufficient to cover the expenses of the special jury, otherwise the rule or order of such Court or Judge to be of no effect.
14. In forming any panel the Registrar shall pass over the names of all persons who are dead or absent from the Colony, but shall return to the Special Jurors Ballot Box or Common Jurors Ballot Box (as the case may require) the names of any temporary absentees which may be drawn.
15. The Registrar shall, before the sitting of any Court whereat either a common or special jury shall be necessary, issue summonses according to the form in the schedule B hereto, requiring the attendance thereat of the persons drawn from the ballot box, and every such summons shall be personally served upon, or left at the usual place of abode of the person so summoned two clear days before the day appointed for the sitting of the Court.
16. The Registrar shall cause a list containing the names, places of abode and additions of the persons so summoned, to be made out as soon as conveniently may be after the summonses have been served.
17. In all informations for criminal offences it shall be lawful for the Attorney General acting on behalf of the Crown by written notice to the Registrar, or for any Judge of the Court upon the application of any private prosecutor or upon the application of any prisoner or accused against whom an information has been filed, to order a special jury to be summoned for the trial of any case. Upon the receipt of such notice or upon any such order being made the Registrar shall forthwith proceed to form the panel of such jurors, and to summon them in manner hereinbefore provided.
18. At the sitting of the Court the names of all the jurors summoned whether special or common shall be written on separate cards of equal size and put into a box, and the Registrar, or clerk of the Court shall, in open Court, draw therefrom until a jury is obtained.
19. After the jury shall have been sworn or charged with any prisoner or accused they shall be kept in some convenient place in Court apart by themselves, retirement of individual jurors for personal purposes
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