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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH JUNE, 1887.

9. The said list when finally settled shall be returned to the Registrar by the Clerk of Council and called the Jurors List, and shall be brought into use on the first day of March next following and shall continue in force for one year from the said first day of March.

10. When the jury lists shall be completed and returned to the Registrar, he shall cause the names of the Special and Common Jurors to be written on separate cards of equal size and placed in separate boxes to be called the Special Jurors Ballot Box and the Common Jurors Ballot Box; which boxes shall be kept locked.

11. Whenever it shall be requisite to summons a com- mon jury, a Deputy Registrar shall, in the presence of the Registrar, open and draw from the Common Jurors Ballot Box eighteen names in civil cases, and thirty names in criminal cases to form a panel and the cards, with the names of those who shall have served in civil cases, and who shall have been summoned in criminal cases so drawn, shall be locked up in a separate box until all the names in the ballot box shall be exhausted by subsequent panels, when all the names of the jurors on the Common Jurors List shall be returned to the Common Jurors Ballot Box, if required, for the purposes of the current year, and in such case the names shall again be redrawn in manner aforesaid. Provided always that whenever from any cause the jurors drawn cannot be served it shall be lawful for the Registrar to re-open the ballot box, and draw fresh names therefrom as often as may be necessary to secure the full number of thirty jurors at the Criminal Sessions.

12. Whenever it shall be necessary to summon a special jury, such jury shall be drawn in the manner hereinbefore provided for obtaining a common jury with this exception that in civil cases the number to be drawn from the ballot box in the first instance shall be twenty-four, and in cri- minal ases twelve.

13. If either the plaintiff or the defendant in any suit or actio, shall be desirous of having such suit or action tried by a pecial jury, it shall be lawful for the Court or a Judge thereof to order and appoint a special jury to be drawn by the Registrar in the manner hereinbefore pro- vided; and in such cases the parties shall appear before the Registrar on a day fixed by him, and a Deputy Regis- trar shall then in presence of the said Registrar and of the parties draw from the Special Jurors Ballot Box the requisite number of names. The Registrar shall then appoint a day for striking the said 'jury; on the day so appointed the parties shall attend and shall each alternately strike off one name till the said list is reduced to twelve; the names of the twelve struck off shall be replaced in the ballot box, and the remaining twelve shall be the special jury panel. 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 sum- moned, 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

List to be returned to the Registrar.

Forination of Special and Common Jurors,

(No. 11 of 1864

s. 12, No. 7 of 1868 s. 1, No. 24 of 1882 s. 7.)

Panel of Com- mon Jurora,

Formation of panel of Special Jurors (No. 11 of 1864, 8.17.)

Special jury

in civil suits (No. 11 of 1864 9. 17.)

Certain names to be passed

over,

Summoning Juries (No. 11 of 1864 s. 13 No. 24 of 1888 8. 8.)

General list (No. 24 of 1882 s. 9 No. 6 of 1872, 8.2.)

Special jury in criminal CASCE. (No. 8 of 1872

5. 1.)

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