Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 606

606. (1) Every month, the registrar shall open the boxes and draw ten ballots from the box containing the names of the forem en and forty ballots from the box co ntaining the names of the comm on jurors: Provided that the Minister res ponsible for justice may, by means of an Order in the Gazette, establish different methods o f 382 CAP . 9.] CRIMINAL CODE selection based on a computerised mechanism. ( 2 ) T h e b a l l o t s d r a w n s h a l l b e k e p t b y t h e r e g i s t r a r a n d t h e boxes shall be again closed and sealed. (3) If, before the end of the y ear, in each of the boxes there shall not remain a number of ba llots corresponding to one-sixth part of the registered jurors, the registrar shall replace in t he boxes the ballots drawn during the year, bearing the names of the jur ors who did not serve during that year. (4) In the drawing of the ballots, the names of those who have died or are under any of the disqualifications or disabilities referred to in article 603(2), (3) and (4) or are exempt under article 6 04, shall not be taken into account and shall be considered as if t hey had not been drawn. The ballots referring to such persons shall be taken away from the boxes. Publication of names in Gazette. (5) The registrar shall cause the list of names so drawn to be published in the Gazette. (6) Whenever two or more judges are appointed to sit separately in the court, or whenever the registrar is for any o ther reason so authorised by the court, the registrar may draw and publish two or more separate lists of names of persons who are to serve as jurors, each list bei ng drawn and published in accorda nce with the foregoing provisions of this article, and all the prov isions of the law shall apply to each and every one of such lists sepa rately. (7) Whenever in the opinion of the court the number of foremen or of common jurors, or of both, to be drawn in any mon th or for the purpose of any particular trial (including a trial t hat has been adjourned for any of the reasons referred to in article 61 3) should be greater than the number prescribed in sub-article (1) or in article 618, the court may order such number of ballots to be d rawn from the boxes containing the names of the foremen or of the common jurors, or of both, a s it may deem appropriate. Application for exemption from serving as juror. Amended by: IV .1856.46; IV .1994.19.