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ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1887 . 2153


Jury Consolidation .


10. When the jury lists shall be completed and returned to the Formation of
special and
Registrar, he shall cause the names of the special and common jurors common
jurors.
to be written on separate cards of equal size and placed in separate boxes [No. 11 of
1864, s. 12.
to be called the Special Jurors Ballot Box and the Common Jurors Ballot No. 7 of 1868,
s. 1, No. 24 of
Bor ; which boxes shall be kept locked . 1882. s. 7. ]

11. Whenever it shall be requisite to summons a common jury, Panel ofcom
mon jurors.
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 sepa

rate 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 Regis
trar 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 Formation of
panel of
jury shall be drawn in the manner hereinbefore provided for obtaining a special jurors.
[No. 11 of
common jury with this exception that in civil cases the number to be 1864, s. 17.]

drawn from the ballot box in the first instance shall be twenty-four, and
in criminal cases twelve.

13. If either the plaintiff or the defendant in any suit or action , shall Special jury
in civil suits.
be desirous of having such suit or action tried by a special jury, it shall [No. 11 of
1864, s. 17. ]
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 provided ;
and in such cases the parties shall appear before the Registrar on a day
fixed by him , and a Deputy Registrar 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 .