CHAPTER 18

AN ACT TO AMEND THE JURY ACT, 1991

(Assented to May 31, 2018)

Analysis

        1.   S.9 R&S

              Permanent exemption

        2.   S.23 Amdt.
Application for exemption

        3. Transitional

 

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

SNL1991 c16
as amended

        1. Section 9 of the Jury Act, 1991 is repealed and the following substituted:

Permanent exemption

        9. (1) A person who is

             (a)  75 years of age or older;

             (b)  mentally or physically incapacitated; or

             (c)  suffering from an illness which may reasonably be expected to be permanent

shall, on application, be exempted permanently from serving as a juror.

             (2)  A person who applies for an exemption under paragraph (1)(a) shall provide proof of age satisfactory to the sheriff or the deputy sheriff.

             (3)  A person who applies for an exemption under paragraph (1)(b) or (c) shall provide a letter from a person licensed to practise medicine in the province certifying his or her mental or physical incapacity or that his or her illness may reasonably be expected to be permanent.

 

        2. Subsection 23(2) of the Act is repealed.

 

Transitional

        3. A person who was exempted permanently from serving as a juror immediately before the coming into force of this Act shall continue to be exempted.

 

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