J-2 - Jurors Act

Section 5 Disposition versions

1988-12-12

5. The following persons may be exempted from serving as jurors:

(a)  ministers of the cult;

(a.1)  members of the personnel of the National Assembly;

(b)  functionaries engaged in the administration of justice;

(c)  persons 65 years of age or over;

(d)  members of the Canadian regular forces within the meaning of the National Defence Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, chapter N-5);

(e)  for five years thereafter, persons who have served or have been retained for service as jurors;

(f)  persons afflicted with an infirmity;

(g)  persons whose health or domestic obligations are incompatible with serving on a jury; and

(h)  if the public interest allows it, persons having reasonable cause for exemption on a ground not provided for in the preceding paragraphs.

1976, c. 9, s. 5; 1982, c. 62, s. 159.

1983-02-09

5. The following persons may be exempted from serving as jurors:

(a)  ministers of the cult;

(a.1)  members of the personnel of the National Assembly;

(b)  functionaries engaged in the administration of justice;

(c)  persons sixty-five years of age or over;

(d)  members of the Canadian regular forces within the meaning of the National Defence Act (Statutes of Canada);

(e)  for five years thereafter, persons who have served or have been retained for service as jurors;

(f)  persons afflicted with an infirmity;

(g)  persons whose health or domestic obligations are incompatible with serving on a jury; and

(h)  if the public interest allows it, persons having reasonable cause for exemption on a ground not provided for in the preceding paragraphs.

1976, c. 9, s. 5; 1982, c. 62, s. 159.

1977-12-31

5. The following persons may be exempted from serving as jurors:

(a)  ministers of the cult;

(b)  functionaries engaged in the administration of justice;

(c)  persons sixty-five years of age or over;

(d)  members of the Canadian regular forces within the meaning of the National Defence Act (Statutes of Canada);

(e)  for five years thereafter, persons who have served or have been retained for service as jurors;

(f)  persons afflicted with an infirmity;

(g)  persons whose health or domestic obligations are incompatible with serving on a jury; and

(h)  if the public interest allows it, persons having reasonable cause for exemption on a ground not provided for in the preceding paragraphs.

1976, c. 9, s. 5.