Jury Ordinance

(1)
The Registrar or the Commissioner may, by notice in writing, require any person specified in the notice who possesses that information, to supply him, in such manner and within such time as may be so specified,
with—
(a)
the name and the number of the identity card of any person who has obtained a grade of pass in an English language examination or a Chinese language examination or part of such an examination as may be so specified;
(Replaced
72 of 1997 s. 4
)
(b)
such information as the Registrar or the Commissioner considers necessary to enable the Registrar or the Commissioner to determine whether any person has a sufficient knowledge of the language in which the proceedings are to be conducted to be able to understand the relevant proceedings.
(Replaced
72 of 1997 s. 4
)
(2)
Notice under subsection (1) may be given to the person in question
by—
(a)
delivering it to him;
(b)
leaving it at his last known address; or
(c)
sending it by post to his last known postal address.
(3)
Any person
who—
(a)
without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1); or
(b)
in purported compliance with any such requirement, knowingly supplies any information which is false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine
                at
                level 2 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(Amended
E.R. 2 of 2019
)
(4)
For the purposes of subsection
                (1)(a
)—
(a)
an English language examination means an examination of English language or
                    an examination conducted in the English language; and
(b)
a Chinese language examination means an examination of Chinese language or
                    an examination conducted in the Chinese language.
(Added
72 of 1997 s. 4
)