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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Draft Bills.
No. S. 497.-The following bills are published for general information:—
Short title.
Substitution for Ordin-
ance No. 6
of 1887, ss. 13 and 14.
Passing
over names
for panel.
Ordinance No. 5 of 1888.
Summoning
of jurors. Schedule.
Amendment
of Ordin- ance No. 6 of 1887,
s. 23.
A BILL
[No. 36-28.11.33.-2.]
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Jury Ordinance, 1887.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Jury Amendment Ordinance, 1934.
2. Sections 13 and 14 of the Jury Ordinance, 1887, are repealed and the following sections are substituted :---
13.-(1) In forming any panel, the Registrar shall pass over the names of all persons drawn who are dead or absent from the Colony, but shall return to the ballot box the names of any temporary absentees.
(2) In forming a panel under section 9 of the Coroner's Abolition Ordinance, 1888, the Registrar may also pass over and return to the ballot box the names of any persons drawn, if, in his opinion, such persons cannot conveniently be served in sufficient time to secure their attendance as jurors at the inquiry.
14. The Registrar shall issue summonses, according to the form in the Schedule, which shall be served on the persons drawn either personally or by leaving the same at their respec- tive residences or places of business; provided that where per- sonal service is not effected the summons shall be left not less than two clear days before the day appointed for the sitting of the court.
3. Section 23 of the Jury Ordinance, 1887, is amended by the substitution of the words "Registrar or clerk of the court, who" for the words "Registrar; and the Registrar" in the fifth line.
Objects and Reasons.
1. Section 2 of this Ordinance repeals sections 13 and 14 of the principal Ordinance and re-enacts them with modific- ations.
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