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ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1887. 2151


Jury Consolidation .


3. In all civil and criminal trials and in all enquiries into the idiotcy, Number of
jurors on
trial, &c.
lunacy, or unsoundness of mind of any person the jury ( if any ) shall ,
[No. 11 of
except where otherwise specially provided , consist of seven men . 1864, sec. 2. ]

4. Every male person between the ages of twenty - one and sixty Qualification
and exemp
years, being of sound mind , and not afflicted with deafness , blindness , or tions [ No. 11
of 1864. s. 4.]
other such infirmity , who shall be a good and sufficient person resident
within the Colony, shall be qualified and liable to serve as a juror,
subject to the exceptions hereinafter provided .

5. The persons hereinafter mentioned shall not be or be deemed Exemptions
from serving
liable to serve as jurors. as jurors.

(a . ) Members of Council .

(b . ) All persons holding any office or situation of emolument
under the Crown.

(c. ) Salaried functionaries of Foreign Governments not carrying
on business.

(d. ) Barristers -at-law , solicitors in actual practice and their
clerks .

( e. ) Medical practitioners and surgeons registered under The
Medical Registration Ordinance No. 6 of 1884, and
dentists .

(f. ) Editors of daily newspapers in the Colony and their staff.

(g. ) Chemists and druggists actually carrying on business as
such.

(h. ) Clergymen of the Church of England , Roman Catholic
priests and ministers of any congregation of protestant
dissenters or ofjews , and schoolmasters.

(i ) Officers employed on full pay in the Military or Nava[
Service of Her Majesty .

(j. ) Masters of steamers and local pilots .

(k . ) Persons ignorant of the English language.

6. If any person shall be summoned as a juror who shall under the Exemption or
want of quali
terms of the preceding sections , be exempt from service or who shall not fication to be
a ground of
be qualified to serve as a juror or who having been summoned as a special challenge
but not of
juror shall not be qualified to serve as such, such exemption or want of avoiding trial.
qualification shall be a good cause of challenge and the person so sum