50

 

First Session, 45th General Assembly

53 Elizabeth II, 2004

BILL 50

AN ACT TO AMEND THE JURY ACT, 1991

Received and Read the First Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE THOMAS W. MARSHALL, QC

Minister of Justice and Attorney General

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Jury Act, 1991 to expand the sources of information from which jury lists may be compiled.  At present the only enumerated source is the list of electors compiled under the Elections Act, 1991 although the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may prescribe other sources.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE JURY ACT, 1991

Analysis

        1.   S.11(4) R&S
Enumeration for jury list

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1991 c16
as amended

        1. Subsection 11(4) of the Jury Act, 1991 is repealed and the following substituted:

             (4)  The jury list compiled under subsection (1) may be selected from

             (a)  the most recent list of electors compiled by the Chief Electoral Officer under the Elections Act, 1991;

             (b)  the records compiled by the Motor Registration Division of persons who have been issued drivers' licences, or motor vehicle licenses under the Highway Traffic Act;

             (c)  the names, addresses and dates of birth of beneficiaries under the Medical Care Insurance Act, 1999 but no other information respecting beneficiaries shall be provided; and

             (d)  those other sources that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may prescribe.

 

 

 

ŠEarl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer