Jury (Amendment) Act 1905 (NSW)

A c t No . 3, 1905.

A n A c t to authorise the Governor to fix jurors'

d i s tr i c t s ; to regulate the l iabi l i ty of jurors

to he s u m m o n e d ; to amend the Jury Act ,

1901, the Jury ( A m e n d m e n t ) Act , 1902; and

for other purposes incidental thereto .	[27th
July, 1905.]

BE t h e a d v i c e a n d c o n s e n t of t h e L e g i s l a t i v e C o u n c i l a n d L e g i s l a t i v e

i t e n a c t e d b y t h e K i n g ' s M o s t E x c e l l e n t M a j e s t y , b y a n d w i t h

A s s e m b l y of N e w S o u t h W a l e s i n P a r l i a m e n t a s s e m b l e d , a n d by t h e

m a y fix : P r o v i d e d

a u t h o r i t y of t h e s a m e , a s fo l l ows : —

1. T h i s A c t m a y b e c i t e d as t h e " J u r y ( A m e n d m e n t ) A c t , 1 9 0 5 , "

a n d s h a l l b e c o n s t r u e d w i t h t h e J u r y A c t , 1 9 0 1 .

2. S e c t i o n s e i g h t , n i n e , a n d f o r t y - e i g h t of t h e J u r y A c t , 1 9 0 1 ,

a n d s e c t i o n s t w o a n d t h r e e of t h e J u r y ( A m e n d m e n t ) A c t , 1 9 0 2 , a r c

h e r e b y	r e p e a l e d .
3 . T h e j u r o r s ' d i s t r i c t s fo r a n y c i t y , t o w n , o r p l a c e ( i n c l u d i n g t h e
c i t y of	S y d n e y ) , a t w h i c h a n y c o u r t fo r t h e t r i a l b y j u r y of c iv i l o r

c r i m i n a l i s s u e s , or for t h e a s s e s s m e n t of d a m a g e s , o r a n y c o u r t of

q u a r t e r	s e s s i o n s	o r	d i s t r i c t	c o u r t ,	is	a p p o i n t e d	t o	b e	h e l d ,	s h a l l
c o m p r i s e	t h e	l a n d	w i t h i n	s u c h	r a d i u s	f r o m	t h e	c o u r t - h o u s e	of	s u c h

c i t y , t o w n , o r p l a c e a s t h e G o v e r n o r , b y n o t i f i c a t i o n in t h e G a z e t t e ,

P r o v i d e d t h a t s u c h r a d i u s s h a l l b e n o t less t h a n t e n m i l e s ; a n d

w h e r e	t h e r e	is m o r e	t h a n	o n e	s u c h	c o u r t - h o u s e	t h e	r a d i u s	s h a l l	b e	t a k e n
f r o m	s u c h	c o u r t - h o u s e	of	s u c h	c i t y ,	t o w n ,	or	p l a c e ,	a s	t h e	G o v e r n o r ,

b y s u c h n o t i f i c a t i o n , m a y d e t e r m i n e :

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4. I n d e t e r m i n i n g t h e p e r s o n s t o b e s u m m o n e d for a s p e c i a l or

c o m m o n j u r y , t h o s e p e r s o n s w h o , d u r i n g t h e t i m e t h a t t h e j u r y b o o k

h a s b e e n i n u s e , h a v e a t t e n d e d a t a c o u r t i n p u r s u a n c e of a s u m m o n s ,

o r s e r v e d o n a j u r y , s h a l l b e e x c l u d e d —

(a) f r o m s e r v i c e a s c o m m o n j u r o r s u n t i l t h e l i s t of n a m e s i n t h e

j u r y b o o k h a s b e e n e x h a u s t e d ; a n d a l s o

(b ) f r o m s e r v i c e as s p e c i a l j u r o r s u n t i l t h e l i s t of n a m e s o n t h e

s p e c i a l j u r o r s ' l i s t h a s b e e n e x h a u s t e d .

5. S e c t i o n f o u r of t h e J u r y ( A m e n d m e n t ) A c t , 1 9 0 2 , is

a m e n d e d b y t h e s u b s t i t u t i o n of t h e w o r d s " w i t h i n t h e f irs t f o u r t e e n

d a y s " f o r t h e w o r d s " d u r i n g t h e s e c o n d w e e k " w h e r e they o c c u r i n

t h a t s e c t i o n .