3. Formation of lists of Common and Special Jurors (Sec. 7).
The Registrar shall, on or before the first day of February in each year, or on or before such other day as may be ordered by the Governor in any particular year, make two alphabetical lists of persons liable to serve as jurors, with occupations and addresses, one being a list of special jurors and the other being a list of common jurors, and shall cause a copy of each list to be posted for 14 days at one of the entrances to the Courts.
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Within this 14 days any person may apply in writing to the Registrar requiring that his name or the name of some other person may be added to or struck off from either of the lists upon cause duly assigned, and the Registrar shall decide upon such applications and alter the list accordingly.
The number of names on the special jurors list shall not exceed 60 or such other maximum as may be ordered by the Governor in Council.
(iii) As soon as possible after the expiration of the 14 days
the Registrar shall forward to the Clerk of Councils the two lists and such notices as shall have been served on him.
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These lists and notices shall thereupon be considered by the Governor in Council who may add names to either list or strike any name from either list and finally settle the two lists.
In accepting the list of special jurors the Governor in Council shall not be bound by any previous order made by him regarding the maximum number of special jurors.
The Governor may if he thinks fit, by order adopt in any one year the list of special jurors and the list of common jurors of the previous year as and for such lists for the current year.
Bringing lists into operation (Sec. 8)
(i) The two lists when finally settled by the Governor in Council shall be returned to the Registrar who shall cause them to be published in the Gazette. The lists shall be brought into use on the first day of March next following, or on such day as may be ordered by the Governor.
(ii) The two lists so settled and brought into use in any year continue in force until the respective lists settled in the next following year are duly brought into use.
Power to adã to settled Jury Lists
(Sec. 8A)
The Registrar is empowered to add the names of any persons becoming liable for inclusion in both lists at a date subsequent to the settlement of the lists by posting their names for 14 days at one of the entrances to the Courts of Justice, and by forwarding the list of names so posted to the Clerk of the Councils for consideration by the Governor in Council who may finally settle the said list. These additions are published in the Gazette. Persons on these lists are deemed as jurors whose names appeared in the lists settled in the manner provided by Sec. 8. (See paragraph 4 above).
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