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132 ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1845 .


Jurors.


Qualification of 4. And be it further enacted and ordained , that every male person between the
special jurors.
ages of twenty- one years and sixty years, being of sound mind , and not afflicted with
deafness, blindness, or other infirmity, who shall be an esquire or person of higher
degree, or who shall carry on the trade or business of a banker or merchant within
the said Colony of Hongkong, and who shall reside within the same, shall be
qualified and liable to serve as a special juror therein : Provided , that no person who
is hereinbefore exempted from serving as a common juror shall be liable to serve on
any special jury .

Sheriff to make 5. And be it further enacted and ordained, that from and immediately after the
ont jury lists,
and transmit publication of this Ordinance, the sheriff of the said Colony of Hongkong shall make
same to Regis
trar. or cause to be made out, two separate and distinct lists, in alphabetical order, of all
men who shall be qualified and liable to serve as common or special jurors as aforesaid ,
setting forth the christian and sirnames of each at full length, together with his place
of abode, and shall sign and transmit copies of such lists to the Registrar of the said
Supreme Court, which lists, when so transmitted , shall be called respectively the
"Common Jurors List," and the " Special Jurors List," and shall be in use until the
first day of March, 1846.

Penalty on 6. And be it further enacted and ordained, that if any sheriff, or other minister,
sheriff for ne
glect of duty. or officer shall wilfully insert or omit, in the lists of jurors, the name of any man
which ought not to be so inserted or omitted, according to the lists of jurors so to be
made out as aforesaid, or shall fail to sign and transmit correct copies of such lists to
the said Registrar as hereinbefore directed , or shall otherwise fail well and truly to do
and perform all and every the acts, matters, and things, hereby required to be by him
performed, such sheriff, or other minister, or officer shall be fined at the discretion of
the said Court.

Jury list to be 7. And be it further enacted and ordained, that on or before the first day of
in use for one
year. January which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
six, and on or before the first day of January in each and every subsequent year, the
said sheriff shall make out and transmit two fresh jury lists, in manner and form as
hereinbefore directed ; and all such fresh jury lists , when so transmitted, shall be brought
into use the first day of March then next following, and shall continue to be used for
one year then next ensuing.

Order of sum 8. And be it further enacted and ordained, that whenever it shall be requisite to
moning juries.
summon a jury, the sheriff shall summon the persons whose names shall appear on the
jury list, in the order in which they shall be placed ; and at the commencement of every
year, he shall begin with the names in the new list next after the names of the persons
who were last summoned in the preceding year.

Summons. 9. And be it further enacted and ordained , that the sheriff shall, before the
sitting of any Court whereat a jury shall be necessary, issue summonses according to
the form in the schedule hereunto annexed , requiring the attendance thereat of eighteen