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 Subsection 11(4) of the Jury Act, 1991 is repealed and the following substituted: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

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer