Amendment

of section B.

Amendment

of the

Schedule.

(c) the deletion, in paragraph (9), of the full stop and the sub-

stitution therefor of the following-

"; and"; and

(d) the insertion, after paragraph (g), of the following new

paragraph-

4.

*(7) commissioners, trade commissioners and trade officers of any Commonwealth Government, and members of the staff of any such commissioner, trade commis- stoner or trade officer who are in the full time em- ployment of a Commonwealth Government and who are not domiciled in Hong Kong, and the spouses and dependent children of any such person.".

Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is amended by-

(a) the deletion of subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of

the following-

Schedule.

"(1) As soon as it appears to the Commissioner that any person is-

(a) qualified to serve as a juror under section 4; and (b) not exempt from service as a juror under

section S.

he shall cause to be served on such person a notice in the form of Form 2 in the Schedule.":

(6) the deletion of subsection (2) and the substitution therefor of

the following-

"(2) If any person upon whom a notice has been served in accordance with subsection (1) considers that be-

(a) does not qualify to serve as a juror under sec-

tion 4: or

(b) is exempt from service as a juror under section 5, he shall within fourteen days after service upon him of such notice, notify the Commissioner in writing to that effect stating the grounds upon which he claims exemp- tion."; and

(c) the deletion from paragraph (4) of subsection (3) of the word "therefrom" and the substitution therefor of the following-

5.

"from the register of electors".

The Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of Form 2 and the substitution therefor of the following-

To

of

"FORM 2,

JURY ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 3.

Identity Card No.

NOTICE.

Jury Service.

1.

Whereas it appears to me that you are a person-

(a) qualified to serve as a juror under section 4; and (8) not exempt from service as a juror under section 5,

[& 8.]

you are hereby notified that your came will be added to the list of jurors unless within 14 days after the receipt of this notice, you notify me in writing that you claim exemption from Jury service on either of the following grounds-

(a) that you do not qualify to serve as a juror under section 4 of the Jury

Ordinance; and

(5) that you are exempt from service as a jaror under section 5 of the

Jury Ordinance.

2, A copy of sections 4 and 5 of the Fory Ordinance is attached hereto for your information.

Dated this

day of

19 +

Commissioner of Registration.".

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 22nd day of August, 1962, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.

(Secretariat GR3309/45V)

2

Deput

of Councils.

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