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Bill 52, Juries Statute Law Amendment Act (Juror Eligibility), 2018

Des Rosiers, Nathalie

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Juries Act and makes related

amendments to two other Acts.

Currently,

clause 4 (

b) of the Act provides that a person is ineligible to serve as a

juror if they have been convicted of an offence that may be prosecuted by

indictment and have not received a pardon. The Bill repeals this clause and

instead provides that persons are ineligible to serve as jurors if they are

legally confined in a correctional institution.

Section

18.2 of the Act is repealed because it provides for criminal record checks to

assess whether a juror is ineligible for inclusion on a jury panel. These

checks will no longer be needed.

Related

amendments are made to the Juries Act and to two other

Acts.

Bill 52 2018

Act to amend the Juries Act with respect to juror eligibility and to make

related amendments to other Acts

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Clause 4 (

b) of the Juries Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(

b) is

legally confined in a correctional institution.

Section 18.2 of the Act is repealed.

Clauses 37 (b.1) and (b.2) of the Act are repealed.

Police

Record Checks Reform Act, 2015

Paragraph 4 of subsection 2 (2) of the Police Record

Checks Reform Act, 2015 is repealed.

Safer

Ontario Act, 2018

Section 29 of

Schedule 5 to the Safer Ontario Act, 2018

is repealed.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Juries Statute Law Amendment

Act (Juror Eligibility), 2018 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

November 1, 2018

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 1, 2018

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 52

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Juries Act

Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015

Safer Ontario Act, 2017

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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