BILL 4

An Act to Amend the Jury Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 13 of the Jury Act, chapter J-3.1 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1980, is amended

(a)  in subsection (2)

(i) in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “The persons” and substituting “Subject to subsection (2.1), the persons”;

(ii) in paragraph (a) by striking out “from the names of persons apparently resident in the judicial district or a distinct part of it that are on a list provided for in the regulations, or” and substituting “from the names of persons on a list provided for in the regulations who are apparently resident in the judicial district or the distinct part of it in which the proceeding is to be conducted, or”;

(iii) in paragraph (b)

(A) in the portion preceding subparagraph (i) of the French version by striking out “une liste prévue aux règlements” and substituting “une liste réglementaire”;

(B) in subparagraph (ii) by striking out “the names of persons on the list who are apparently resident in the judicial district or a distinct part of it” and substituting “the names of persons on the list who are apparently resident in the judicial district or the distinct part of it in which the proceeding is to be conducted”;

(b)  by adding after subsection (2) the following:

13(2.1) The persons to be summoned may be selected under subsection (2) from the names of persons on the list who are apparently resident in a judicial district or a distinct part of it other than the judicial district or the distinct part in which the proceeding is to be conducted if

(a)  the sheriff considers it necessary in order to summon a sufficient number of persons from which to select a jury, and

(b)  the selection process complies with subsection (2) in all other respects.

(c)  by repealing subsection (3).