Juries (Amendment) Act, 1924

Register of electors to include lists of jurors.

1.—(1) The register of electors to be prepared pursuant to the Electoral Act, 1923 , shall, in addition to the matters required by that Act to be shown therein, show in the prescribed manner in respect of each person whose name appears therein whether he is or is not qualified and liable to serve as a special juror or as a general juror or is disqualified or exempted from serving as a juror.

(2) It shall be the duty of the registration officer to include and identify in the prescribed manner in the electors lists to be prepared by him pursuant to the Electoral Act, 1923 , the names of all persons in each registration unit in his registration area appearing to be qualified and liable to serve as special jurors or general jurors or to be disqualified or exempted from so serving.

(3) All the provisions of the Electoral Act, 1923 , in relation to claims to be entered in the register, objections to the electors lists and corrections of the electors lists shall (save as otherwise provided by this Act) apply to the matters required by this Act to be included in the register and in the electors lists respectively in like manner as those provisions apply to the matters required by the Electoral Act, 1923 , to be included in the register and electors lists respectively.

(4) The several lists of claimants, of persons to whose registration notice of objection has been given, and of claimants to whose registration notice of objection has been given, prepared by a registration officer pursuant to the Electoral Act, 1923 , shall distinguish in the prescribed manner which of the persons whose names are included in such lists appear to be qualified and liable to serve as special jurors or as general jurors or to be disqualified or exempted from so serving.

(5) This section shall not apply to a university constituency or to the registration officer, register of electors, or electors lists for such constituency.