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Juries Amendment Act 1985

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Short Title

Judge may excuse from jury service

Challenges for cause

Juries Amendment Act 1985

Public Act		1985 No 181
Date of assent		17 December 1985

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Judge may excuse from jury service
3	Challenges for cause
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Juries Act 1981

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Juries Amendment Act 1985, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Juries Act 1981 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Judge may excuse from jury service

Section 16 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (a), and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

On any ground on which the Registrar could have excused that person under section 15 of this Act, whether or not the Registrar had declined to excuse that person under that section:”.

3 Challenges for cause

Section 25(3) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the word “chambers”, and substituting the word “private”.

This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.

Juries Amendment Act 1985