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In order to protect jurors from unfavourable employment consequences, Section 33 of the Jury
Ordinance forbids employers from discriminating against any of their employees who has served or is serving as juror in any court proceedings. Any person who contravenes Section 33 is guilty of an offence and
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case, a candidate juror (a man) applied for exemption in order to take care of a baby after midnight. Initially the judge refused his application, but later the defence lawyer opposed the appointment of that candidate juror. This example shows the extent of the defence's influence over the selection
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Provided in
Section 25(4) of the Jury Ordinance, the jury shall consist of not less than five persons in any civil or criminal trial or coroner's inquest. Accordingly, criminal cases are normally tried by a seven-person jury. From time to time, at the discretion of the judge, a jury may increase in
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makes a provisional list of jurors and inform them that they have been selected and asked to serve as jurors. If any of the potential jurors want to be excused from serving and have good reasons for that, they should contact and apply for exemption with the
Registrar within two weeks from the time
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has a long history in Hong Kong. Like most jurisdictions with jury trial, this tradition was introduced into Hong Kong when it became a
British colony. The Ordinance for the Regulation of Jurors and Juries was first enacted in 1845. Ever since then, the practice of trial by jury has been important
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Once selected to serve as a member of the jury in a case, a juror is paid in accordance with
Section 31 of the Jury Ordinance for each day during the whole or part of which the juror serves. In accordance to the subsidiary legislation of the Jury Ordinance, Allowances to Jurors Order, a juror is
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According to
Section 13 and 21 of the Jury Ordinance, each potential juror is assigned a number. The Registrar is then to print the number on separate cards of equal size and put into a box. Afterwards, in open court, the Registrar draws cards from the box until a jury is formed.
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The accused person can challenge and strike a juror for good cause. In addition to the unlimited number of strikes to use on jurors with cause, the accused is granted the power to challenge and strike up to 5 jurors without any reason (peremptory challenge). However, the
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This was the first piece of local legislation to formally introduce and regulate the jury system in Hong Kong. The jury system in Hong Kong has changed and evolved through time; and it is quite different from the one implanted in 1845.
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had a special meeting over the issue and reached the result of retaining the name and adopting the list. A year later, the
Legislative Council had a debate over the same issue and reached the same result after voting on the matter.
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The
Ordinance for the Regulation of Jurors and Juries was enacted. The Ordinance stated that "all questions of fact, whether of a civil and criminal nature upon which issue shall be taken in the course of any proceeding before the
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The Jury
Ordinance also places a legal duty for those who are qualified under the prescribed criteria to serve as jurors. Those who fail to serve as jurors in a court proceeding without approval may face charges of
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187:, whose office prosecutes the accused and initiates the criminal proceedings, also has the right to challenge and strike a juror for cause but no right to give pre-emptive challenge.
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Koo F. (2010). Power to the people: Extending the jury to the Hong Kong’s
District Court. City University of Hong Kong Law Review, 2, 301-329.
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For the first time, the name of a Chinese Hong Kong resident, Wong A. Shing, showed up on the list of jurors. The
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25:, Article 86: "The principle of trial by jury previously practised in Hong Kong shall be maintained."
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when they receive the notice of service. Moreover, the Registrar publishes the list of jurors in the
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not afflicted by blindness, deafness or other disability preventing from serving as a juror
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The precise list of exemption categories is provided in Section 5 of the Jury Ordinance.
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Each alternate year, following the details in the Jury Ordinance, the Registrar of the
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has a sufficient knowledge of the language in which the proceedings are to be conducted
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328:§33 Punishment of employer discriminating against employee by reason of jury service
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Anyone in any one of the following categories is exempt from serving as a juror.
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Section 4 of the Jury Ordinance provides the criteria for service as a juror.
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those who have received approval of exemption from the Registrar or the judge
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Power to the people: Extending the jury to the Hong Kong's District Court.
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Duff, Peter; Findlay, Mark; Howarth, Carla; Chan, Tsang-Fai (1992),
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part of Hong Kong’s judicial system. This is also recognised in the
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liable to a fine of $ 25,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
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currently paid HKD995 for each day served or part thereof.
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441:"Lam, Tang head list of 43 witnesses for Tsang trial"
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65:Consequences for failing to discharge jury duty
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95:judges, registrars, barristers and solicitors
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753:Racial discrimination in jury selection
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478:, Hong Kong Legal Information Institute
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273:"Juror jailed for faking incapacity"
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492:Cap. 3A Allowances to Jurors Order
260:§4 Qualifications and disabilities
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414:§13 Formation of panel of jurors
862:Fully Informed Jury Association
509:Juries: a Hong Kong perspective
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384:§25 Death or discharge of juror
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29:Criteria for service as a juror
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60:Legal duty to serve as a juror
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303:Guide to Court Services: Jury
104:from the disciplined services
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531:, City University Law Review
399:§3 Number of jurors on trial
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113:newspaper editors and staff
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369:Allowances to Jurors Order
343:§5 Exemptions from service
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763:Scientific jury selection
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16:The practice of trial by
445:The Standard (Hong Kong)
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199:History and development
787:Specific jurisdictions
555:Judiciary of Hong Kong
358:§31 Payment of jurors
185:Secretary for Justice
165:size to nine jurors.
98:justices of the peace
748:Peremptory challenge
738:Death-qualified jury
475:Cap 3 Jury Ordinance
136:Empanelling the jury
429:§21 Ballot for jury
227:Legislative Council
743:Jury questionnaire
715:Summary jury trial
700:Jury sequestration
678:Jury nullification
621:Citizens' assembly
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107:full-time students
39:Hong Kong resident
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799:England and Wales
658:Jury instructions
603:-related articles
518:978-962-209-306-5
72:contempt of court
46:of good character
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758:Strike for cause
710:Juror misconduct
663:Specific finding
609:Primary articles
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705:Jury stress
499:4 September
482:21 December
310:21 December
287:21 December
195:of jurors.
877:Categories
643:Petit jury
636:Indictment
631:Grand jury
616:Jury trial
565:Jury trial
467:References
147:High Court
87:Exemptions
78:Protection
49:sound mind
37:must be a
804:Hong Kong
688:Embracery
673:Hung jury
653:Jury fees
648:Jury duty
23:Basic Law
814:Scotland
544:See also
535:27 June
190:In the
178:Strikes
153:Gazette
888:Juries
855:Groups
819:Taiwan
794:Canada
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844:Women
809:Japan
234:Notes
601:Jury
560:Jury
537:2017
513:ISBN
501:2023
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221:1858
204:1845
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