Jury Ordinance

(1)
As soon as it appears to the Commissioner that any person
is—
(a)
qualified to serve as a juror under
section 4
; and
(b)
not exempt from service as a juror under
section 5
,
he shall cause to be served on such person a notice in the form of Form 2 in the
Schedule
.
(Replaced
28 of 1962 s. 4
)
(2)
If any person upon whom a notice has been served in accordance with subsection (1) considers that
he—
(a)
does not qualify to serve as a juror under
section 4
; or
(b)
is exempt from service as a juror under
section 5
,
he shall within 14 days after service upon him of such notice, notify the Registrar in writing to that effect stating the grounds upon which he claims exemption.
(Replaced
28 of 1962 s. 4
. Amended
37 of 1988 s. 4
)
(3)
On or before 1 October in each alternate year after the year 1960, the Registrar shall compile a provisional list of jurors which shall consist
of—
(Amended
37 of 1988 s. 4
;
13 of 1995 s. 5
)
(a)
the name of every person whose name appeared on the last preceding list of jurors other than the name of a person who the Registrar has reason to believe to have died or left Hong Kong permanently; and
(Replaced
3 of 1971 s. 3
. Amended
37 of 1988 ss. 4
& 13;
13 of 1995 s. 5
)
(b)
subject to the determination of the Registrar upon any claim for exemption notified in accordance with subsection (2), the names of those persons upon whom, on or before the last preceding 1 September, the Commissioner caused a notice to be served in accordance with subsection (1).
(Amended
37 of 1988 s. 4
)
(4)
For the purpose of subsection (1), service of notice may be effected either by personal service or by posting the notice addressed to the person to be served at his last address as known to the Registrar.
(Amended
37 of 1988 s. 4
)