No. 92 3rd Session, 15th Legislature, Alberta 14 Elizabeth II BILL 92 A Bill to amend The Jury Act (No.2) HON. MR. MANNING Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen',s Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1966

Explanatory Note I. This Bill will amend

chapter 165 of the Revised Statutes.

Section 5, clause (1) presently reads: 5. The following persoJ1ll:s aTe exe.mlilt frotn being returned and from serving as comm'0n jurol'S~ (1) physicians, surgeons, dental surgeons, Dominion and Provincial land surveyors. chemists and druggists and apprentices to chemists and druggists, barristers, solicitors and students-at­ law who are in good standing in the books of their respective Coorporations according to the rules and regulations in force for the time being;

Section 9, subsection (2) presently reads:

(2) The jury list for Calgary and Edmonton shall contain not less than five hundred names and for other places n'0>i less than one hundred names.

Section 13, subsection (1) reads: 13.

(1) Not more than fifty per cent of the names on a jury list or supplementary jury list, or on both taken together, shall be names of persons who reside in anyone municipality.

Section 16, clauses (

b) and (

C) read: 16. Every prOVlSlOn of this Act regarding the qualification, exemption and disquaUfioeation o.f .DurGrs., the preparation of jury lists, the seleotion of the panel, and the summoning of jurors applies to juries for the trial of criminal cases except that (

b) unless the Parliament of Canada enacts that it is not necessary to keep the jury together during the adjournment of a trial of indictable offences no woman shall be summoned to serve on a jury, for the trial of any such offence, and (

c) in the selection of the jury panel for the trial of criminal cases as provided in

section 19, only the names of men included in the jury list shall be placed in the envelopes.

Section 19, SUbsection (5) presently reads: (5) 4-t the time appointed for. the drawing of the panel, the district court Judge, or the person appomted to represent him and the sheriff shall attend at the Clerk's office. '

Section 28, subsection (1) presently reads: 28.

(1) A jury shall consist of six persons. 8. Commencement of Act.

BILL No. 92 of 1966

An Act to amend The Jury Act (No.2) (Assented to , 1966) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Jury Act is hereby amended.

Section 5, clause (

l) is amended by adding after the word "surgeons," the words "registered nurses,".

Section 9, subsection (2) is amended (

a) by striking out the words "five hundred" and by substituting the wo.rds "one thousand", (

b) by striking out the words "one hundred" and by substituting the words "two hundred".

Section 13 is amended by striking out subsection (1).

Section 16 is amended by striking out clauses (

b) and (c).

Section 19, subsection (5) is amended by adding at the end thereof the words "or at any other place directed by the judge".

Section 28 is amended by striking out subsection (1) and by substituting the following: 28.

(1) In civil proceedings a jury shall consist of six persons. 8. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 92 THIRD SESSION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 14 ELIZABETH II 1966 BILL

An Act to amend The Jury Act (No.2) Received and read the First time ........................ . Second time ................... . Third time ....................................... . RON. MR. MANNING Title: 1966 (15th, 3rd) Bill 92,

An Act to amend The Jury Act (No. 2)