1992 BILL 28 Fourth Session, 22nd Legislature, 41 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 28 JURY AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 MR. PAYNE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Title: 1992 (22nd, 4th) Bill 28, Jury Amendment Act, 1992

Aiding jurors Bill 28 Mr. Payne BILL 28 1992 JURY AMENDMENT ACT, 1992 (Assented to , 1992) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Jury Act is amended by this Act. 2 The following is added after

section 5: 5.1(1)

Section 5(1)(

e) does not apply to a person who suffers from a physical infirmity and wishes to serve as a juror who (

a) if aided would be able to see and hear adequately and to attend court in adequate comfort, and (

b) will receive the assistance of a person, a device or altered physical surroundings that the Court considers adequate to enable the person to discharge the duties of a juror.

(2) A person giving assistance under subsection (1)(

b) may, as directed by the Court, attend with and assist the juror in all the proceedings, including the deliberations of the jury.

(3) A person giving assistance under subsection (1)(

b) shall not comment on the proceedings and shall take

part in the proceedings only by assisting the juror as the Court directs. 1

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter J-2.1 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1982. 2 Aiding jurors. 1 Explanatory Notes

Section 7(3) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(3) The sheriff shall, within a reasonable time before the day on which the person is to attend, provide a summons in the prescribed form to each person selected (

a) by sending it by ordinary mail, or (

b) by giving it directly to the person or by leaving a copy at the person’s residence or place of business with someone who is at least 16 years of age. 2

Section 7(3) presently reads:

(3) The sheriff shall deliver a summons in the prescribed form to each person selected, either personally or by leaving it with an adult member of that person ’s household, within a reasonable time before the day on which the person is to attend. 2 Explanatory Notes Title: 1992 (22nd, 4th) Bill 28, Jury Amendment Act, 1992