JURORS AND JURIES ORDINANCE, 1882

JURORS AND JURIES ORDINANCE, 1882

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Preamble.

'ORDINANCE 'No. 24 of 1882.

Jurors and Juries.

No. 24: of 1882.
An Ordinance entitled '1 i1e furors and Juries Ordinance, 1882.
(19th December, 1882. J
TTtEREAS on account of the abolition o£ the office of sheriff it is
necessary to
amend the laws relating to jurors and juries. .
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
of
the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

sectioxi 2 0f 1. Section 2 of the Jury Law Consolidation Ordinance, 1864,
is hereby, amended
Ordinance by striking out the words ' the sheriff' and inserting in lieu
thereof the word ' any.'
Section 6 of 2. Section 5 of the said Ordinance is hereby repealed and in
lieu thereof, it is
Ordinance 11 of
1864 repealed. enacted as follows'.-
'Every person shall, for the purpose of enabling the Registrar to complete
' the list of jurors hereinafter referred to, on demand by the Registrar
or
'some person duly authorized by him, forward to the said Registrar in
` 'writing within they time specified in the said demand, his Christian o'r
' other mines and surnames' at full length together with his profession,
',business or occupation and place of abode, under penalty for refusing
' or neglecting so to do of a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.'
'Section o af 3. Section 6 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by
striking out the 'word.
ord, n ae
xea~ amended. ~s Sheriff'' and inserting in `lieu thereof the word '
Registrar.'

4; Section 8 is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is enacted as
follows:-
The The Registrar shall, on cr before the f rstday f February in each
year make=
' a list in alphabetical order of all men. ascertained ry him to be
liable to
' serve as jurors, setting forth the Christian or othei names and surnames
'of each at full length, together with his profession, business, or
occupa-
tion and place of abode, and shall cause a copy o£ such list to be posted
'for the term of one fortnight on or in some conspicuous part of the
' Court House, to the end that the inhabitants of the Colony tns:y, as the
'case shall be, apply by notice in writing to the Registrar requiring that
'their names or the names of some other person nay 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
-' may be so served on him, to the clerk of the Legislative Council, to
the
`4 end that the Congcil (which is hereby empowered so to do),'may strike
' off or add such name or names or any other name or names from among,'
'those of the said inhabitants as to the said Council may appear fit, and
't.he said list when so approved of, or altered, shall be returned to the
'Regist.rar by the clerk o£ Couneil'and called the `Jurors List' and shall
'be brought into use on the first day of Maich next following and shall
`;continue in force for one year from the said first day of March.'
Ordinance No. 24 of 1882.

Jurors and Juries.

5. Section 9 is hereby amended by inserting. after .the words Cc section
five ' the
words 'as hereby amended' and. bar striking out the words 'by tile
sheriff or.'

6. Sections 10 and 11 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 9 of Ord. 1t
of 1$64 amended..

Sees. 10 and 11
of Ord. 11 of
1864 repealed.

Section 12 is hereby amended by striking out the words 'the sheriff shall
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attend at the Registrar's office and in the presence of him or his
deputy' and inserting amended.
in lieu thereof the words 'a Deputy Registrar shall -in the presence of
the Registrar.'

8. Section 13 i5 hereby amended by striking out the word ' sheriff' and
insert-
ing in lieu thereof the words ' the Registrar.'

9. Section 14 is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof, it is enacted as
follows:-

'The Registrar shall cause a panel, 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.'

10. Schedule B to the said Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out
the word schedule 8 to
Ord. 11 of 1864
' sheriff ' and inserting in -lieu thereof the word ' Registrar.'
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 18 of 1887.]
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Preamble.
Section 2 of Ordinance 11 of 1864 amended.
Section 5 of Ordinance 11 of 1864 repealed.
Section 6 of Ord. 11 of 1864 amended.
Sec. 8 of Ord. 11 of 1864 repealed.
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Sec. 9 Ord. 11 of 1864 amended.
Secs. 10 and 11 of Ord. 11 of 1864 repealed.
Sec. 12 of Ord. 11 of 1864 amended.
Sec. 14 of Ord. 11 of 1864 repealed.
Schedule B to Ord. 11 of 1864 amended.

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Preamble.
Section 2 of Ordinance 11 of 1864 amended.
Section 5 of Ordinance 11 of 1864 repealed.
Section 6 of Ord. 11 of 1864 amended.
Sec. 8 of Ord. 11 of 1864 repealed.
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Sec. 9 Ord. 11 of 1864 amended.
Secs. 10 and 11 of Ord. 11 of 1864 repealed.
Sec. 12 of Ord. 11 of 1864 amended.
Sec. 14 of Ord. 11 of 1864 repealed.
Schedule B to Ord. 11 of 1864 amended.

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