ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
THE JURY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2015
No. of 2015
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THE JURY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2015
ARRANGEMENT
Sections
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation
3. Amendment of section 4
4. Amendment of First Schedule
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
THE JURY (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2015
No. of 2015
AN ACT to amend the Jury Act, 2009.
ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Jury (Amendment) Act, 2015.
2. Interpretation
In this Act—
“principal Act” means the Jury Act, 2009 No. 6 of 2009.
3. Amendment of section 4
The principal Act is amended in section .4 by repealing the entire section and substituting the
following—
“A person who has attained the age of 18 years and over is, unless exempted or disqualified under
section 5 and 6, liable to serve as a juror.”.
4. Amendment of First Schedule
The principal Act is amended in the First Schedule by repealing paragraph 4 starting with the
words “Secretary to the Cabinet” and substituting the following—
“Secretary to the Cabinet, Chief Establishment Officer, Financial Secretary, Solicitor General,
Permanent Secretaries, Senior Assistant Secretaries, and other heads of division of government
departments.”.
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Passed by the House of Representatives on
the , 2015.
Passed by the Senate on the , 2015.
Speaker.
President.
Clerk to the House of Representatives.
Clerk to the Senate.
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Bill seeks to amend the Jury Act 2009 by removing the upper age limit of Seventy years as
the maximum age for someone to qualify as a Juror.
The First Schedule has been amended so that some but not all persons holding a public office that
is set out in the First Schedule to the Civil Service Act are exempt.
Hon. Steadroy C. O. Benjamin.
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs