Juries Amendment Act 1960
Juries Amendment Act 1960
Juries Amendment Act 1960
Public Act |
1960 No 115 |
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Date of assent |
27 October 1960 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Juries Act 1908
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short Title and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the Juries Amendment Act 1960, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Juries Act 19081 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act shall come into force on the first day of December, nineteen hundred and sixty.
2 Jury books to be prepared in every second year
(1)
The jury books that are brought into use on the date of the commencement of this Act shall be used for the two years then next following, and the jury books shall next be prepared in the year nineteen hundred and sixty-two and in every second year thereafter.
(2)
The principal Act is hereby consequentially amended in the manner indicated in the Schedule to this Act.
3 Service of summons to juror
(1)
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section 96, and substituting the following section:
“96
“(1)
The said summons shall be delivered to every such juror at least three clear days before the attendance of the juror is required, either by delivering it to him personally, or by leaving it at his usual or last known place of abode, or by posting it by registered letter addressed to him at that place.
“(2)
Where a summons is posted in accordance with this section the production of a receipt for the letter given to an officer of the Post Office and signed or purporting to be signed by the juror or some other person at the juror’s place of residence shall, until the contrary is shown, be proof of the delivery of the summons, and the date of that receipt shall, until the contrary is shown, be proof of the day on which the summons was delivered.”
(2)
This section shall come into force on the passing of this Act.
4 Juror to be given reasonable opportunity to appear and make explanation of default
Section 162 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:
“Provided that no fine shall be so imposed on any person until that person has been advised of his default and given a reasonable opportunity of appearing before the Court and explaining it.”
Schedule Consequential Amendments of Principal Act
Section 2(2)
| Section Affected | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Section 14 | By omitting from subsection (1) the words “every year”, and substituting the words “the year nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and before the last day of July in every second year thereafter”. |
| Section 16 | By omitting from subsection (1) the words “every year”, and substituting the words “the year nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and on or before the seventh day of September in every second year thereafter”. |
| Section 19 | By omitting the words “every year”, and substituting the words “the year nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and on the first Friday in October of every second year thereafter”. |
| Section 43 | By omitting the words “one year”, and substituting the words “two years”. |
| Section 50 | By omitting the words “for the preceding year”, and substituting the words “most recently made”. |
| Section 70 | By omitting the words “from the common jury book for the preceding year in the manner aforesaid”, and substituting the words “in the manner aforesaid from the common jury book most recently prepared”. |
| Section 82 | By omitting the words “the special jury book or common jury book for the preceding year in the manner aforesaid”, and substituting the words “in the manner aforesaid from the special jury book or common jury book most recently prepared”. |
1 *1957 Reprint, Vol. 6, p. 745 Amendment: 1959, No. 69