554
Formation of panel of special jurors.
Special jury in civil actions.
Passing over
of certain names in
forming panel.
Summoning of jurors.
Schedule.
Making of list of jurors
summoned.
Special jury in criminal
case,
Ballot for jury.
No. 6.]
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1887.
11. Whenever it is 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 shall be seventeen and in criminal cases twelve.
12. The party applying for a special jury, and who has obtained a rule or order of the Court or of a Judge 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 the Court or Judge shall be of no effect.
13. 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 Common Jurors Ballot Box or The Special Jurors Ballot Box, as the case may require, the names of any temporary absentees which may be drawn.
14. The Registrar shall, before the sitting of any Court whereat either a common or special jury is necessary, issue summonses, according to the form in the Schedule to this Ordinance, requiring the attendance thereat of the persons drawn from the ballot box, and every such summons shall be personally served on 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.
15. The Registrar shall cause a list containing the names, places of abode, and additions of the persons so summoned to be made out as soon as conveniently may be after the summonses have been served.
16.--(1.) In any information or indictment for a criminal offence, 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, on the application of any private prosecutor or on the application of any prisoner or accused person against whom an information or indictment has been filed, to order a special jury to be summoned for the trial of any case.
(2.) On the receipt of such notice or on any such order being made, the Registrar shall forthwith proceed to form the panel of such jurors, and to summon them in manner hereinbefore provided.
Procedure at Trial.
17. At the sitting of the Court, the names of all the jurors summoned, whether common or special, shall be written on separate cards of equal size and put into a box, and the Registrar or Clerk of the Court shall, in open Court, draw therefrom until a jury is obtained.
554
Formation of panel of special jurors.
Special jury in civil actions.
Passing over
of certain names in
forming panel.
Summoning of jurors.
Schedule.
Making of list of jurors
summoned.
Special jury in criminal
case,
Ballot for jury.
No. 6.]
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1887.
11. Whenever it is necessary to summon a special jury, such jury shall be drawn in the manner hereinbefore provided for obtaining a com- mon jury, with this exception that in civil cases the number to be drawn from the ballot box shall be seventeen and in criminal cases twelve.
12. The party applying for a special jury, and who has obtained a rule or order of the Court or of a Judge 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 the Court or Judge shall be of no effect.
13. 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 Common Jurors Ballot Bor or The Special Jurors Ballot Bor, as the case may require, the names of any temporary absentees which may be drawn.
14. The Registrar shall, before the sitting of any Court whereat either a common or special jury is necessary, issue summonses, according to the form in the Schedule to this Ordinance, requiring the attendance thereat of the persons drawn from the ballot box, and every such sum- mons shall be personally served on 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.
15. The Registrar shall cause a list containing the names, places of abode, and additions of the persons so summoned to be made out as soon as conveniently may be after the summonses have been served.
16.--(1.) In any information or indictment for a criminal offence, 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, on the application of any private prosecutor or on the application of any pri- soner or accused person against whom an information or indictment has heen filed, to order a special jury to be summoned for the trial of any
case.
(2.) On the receipt of such notice or on any such order being made, the Registrar shall forthwith proceed to form the panel of such jurors, and to summon them in manner hereinbefore provided.
Procedure at Trial.
17. At the sitting of the Court, the names of all the jurors summoned, whether common or special, shall be written on separate cards of equal size and put into a box, and the Registrar or Clerk of the Court shall, in open Court, draw therefrom until a jury is obtained.
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