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2152 ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1887.


Jury Consolidation.


moned shall be discharged upon such challenge or upon his own applica
tion , if the Court shall be satisfied of the fact and shall so direct ; but not

such exemption or want of qualification , if not submitted to the Court
before such person is sworn , shall afterwards be accepted as a ground
for impeaching any verdict given by the jury on which he has served .

Names forand
mode of 7. Every person shall , for the purpose of enabling the Registrar of
obtaining the Supreme Court to complete the list of jurors hereinafter referred to ,
jury list.
[No. 24 of on demand by such Registrar or some person duly authorised by him ,
1882. s. 2.]
forward to such Registrar in writing within the time specified in the said
demand, his name and surnames at full length together with his profes
sion , business or occupation and place of abode , under penalty for refusing
or neglecting so to do of a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars , on
conviction before a Magistrate .

Formation of 8. The Registrar shall, on or before the first day of February in
lists of
common each year, make a list in alphabetical order of all persons ascertained by
and special
jurors . him to be liable to serve as jurors , setting forth the name and surnames
[No. 24 of
1882. s.s. 4 & of each at full length, together with his profession , business , or occupa
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tion and place of abode, and shall cause a copy of such list to be posted
for the term of one fortnight at the chief entrance to the Court . And

any person may apply by notice in writing to the Registrar requiring
that his name or the name of some other person may be respectively
either added to or struck off from the said list , upon cause duly assigned

in such notice ; and the Registrar immediately after the expiration of the
time for posting such list , shall forward the same and such notices as
may be so served on him, to the clerk of the Legislative Council. The
Council may strike off from or add to such list, such name or names or

any other name or names , as to the said Council may appear fit, and shall
mark off, not less than twenty-four of the names contained in the list,
and such names shall be formed into a separate list which shall be desig

nated the Special Jurors List, and all other names contained in the said
list shall be marked off in a separate list and be designated the Commoiz
Jurors List.


List to be 9. The said list when finally settled shall be returned to the Regis -
returned to
the Registrar. trar 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