Bill 53 (Legislature 10, Session 4)

L10 S4 7397

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 53 of 1947. A BILL TO AMEND THE JURY ACT NOTE. The purpose of this Bill is to make persons over twenty one years of age eligible and liable to serve on a jury subject, ?f course, to the exemptions and disqualifications in the Act. Persons of over sixty years of age are declared to be quali fied, but by the new

section 3a may claim exemption from service. Under the

section now in force only persons over twenty-five years and under sixty years of age are qualified and liable to serve as jurors. W. S. GRAY, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is of!e1·ed in explanation of its pTovisions.) \ • BILL No. 53 of 1947.

An Act to amend The Jury Act. (As.~ented to '1947.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advi.ce and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows : 1. The Jury Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section by striking out the same and by substituting therefor the following new sections : "3. Subject to the exemptions and disqualifications here inafter mentioned, any resident of the Province of Alberta over twenty-one years of age, being a Canadian citizen or natural born subject of His Majesty shall be qualified and shall be liable to serve as a juror in all civil and criminal cases tried by a jury in the judicial district or sub-judicial district in which he or she resides. "3a.

Any resident returned on a jury list and over the age of sixty years shall be qualified to serve but may claim exemption from service on a jury, and if such exemption is claimed, he or she shall be excused from serving on the jury." 2. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which · it is assented to. No. 53 FOURTH SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL A Bill to amend The Jury Act. Received and read the First time . . .... . . .. . ........ ............... . . Second time .............. ...................... . Third time .................. .................... . HoN. MR. MAYNARD. EDMONTON: A.

Shnltka, Klns:'a Printer 1U7 Title: 1947 (10th, 4th) Bill 53,

An Act to amend The Jury Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L10 S4 7397
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L10 S4 7397
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	c6754f34f658834146d6396aadcebe33047f95dc

Source file is stored in the law ingest library (json).