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for registration therein by virtue of paragraph (a) of section 15 of that Ordinance in so far as it relates to common jurors;";

(b) by the substitution of a semi-colon for the full stop at the end

of the definition "Registrar"; and

(c) by the addition after the definition "Registrar" of the following

debuition-

**Commissioner"

means the Commissioner al Registration for the Colony appointed under section 2 of the Registration of Persons Ordinance, 1960.”.

(18 of 1960),

3.

Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

of section 5.

(a)

Amendment

Repeal of section 7.

in paragraph (c) by the deletion of the semi-colon at the end thereof and the substitution therefor of the following-

" and the spouses and dependant children of such persons;":

(b) by the deletion of paragraph (0) and the substitution therefor

of the following---

(33 of 1952).

(15 of 1960).

"(0)

(1) teachers of any school registered or exempted from registration under the provi- *sions of the Education Ordinance, 1952, and

(ii) teachers and other academic officers and full time students of any Approved Post Secondary College within the meaning of the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance, 1960, and (iii) professors, lecturers and other academic officers and full time students of the Univer sity of Hong Kong:":

(c) in paragraph (0) by the deletion of the full stop at the end

thereof and the substitution therefor of a semi-colon;

(d) by the addition after paragraph (0) of the following new

paragraphs-

"(p) the wife of the Chief Justice and of the Senior Puisar Judge and of every puisne judge not being a temporary additional or acting puisne judge;

(g) wives of members of the Armed Forces of Her

Majesty serving on full pay.".

4. Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

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5. Section 8 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced Repeal and by the following sections—

"Provisional La of

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jurors. (8 of 1960).

Schedule.

(14 of 195.5).

8. (1) Upon application for an identity card being made to the Commissioner by any person in accordance with the provisions of the Registration of Persons Ordin- ance, 1960, or if it appears to the Commissioner at any other time that any person is qualified and liable, within the meaning of section 4 of this Ordinance, to serve as a juror, the Commissioner shall cause to be served upon such person a notice in Form 2 of the Schedule.

(2) If any person upon whom a notice is served in accordance with subsection (1) considers that—

(a) he does not qualify for jury service under the

provisions of section 4; or

(5) he is entitled to exemption from jury service by

virtue of section 5.

he may, within fourteen days after service upon him of such natice, notify the Commissioner in writing to that effect stating the grounds upon which he claims exemption.

(3) On or before the 1st day of October, 1960, and on or before the 1st day of October in each alternate year thereafter, the Commissioner shall compile a provisional list of common jurors which shall consist of-

(a) the names of those persons whose names appeared on the last preceding list of common jurors and whose names have not been removed therefrom in accordance with any regulations made under the provisions of the Urban Council Ordinance, 1955, governing the correction of the register of electors prepared in accordance with the provi- sions of that Ordinance; and

(b) subject to the determination of the Registrar upon any claim for exemption notified to the Commis- sioner in accordance with subsection (2), the names of those persons upon whom, on or before the last preceding 1st day of September, the Commissioner served a notice in accordance with subsection (1),

(4) For the purpose of subsection (1), service of notice may be effected either by personal service or by posting the notice addressed to the person to be served at his last address as known to the Commissioner.

replacement of pection 8.