30 - Sunday, August 14, 1994 - North Shore News

_ The ins and outs of jury

HELP’S
AT HAND

HELP’S AT Hand, by North Shore
Community Services (NSCS), is a
forum for discussing government
policies and programs, benefits,
consumer and legal rights, taxa-
tion and public services. Answers
are intended only asa general
guide and should not be applied to
individual cases without further
consultation.

QUESTION: A friend of mine
was recently called for jury
duty. She ended up serving in 2

criminal court trial for several
weeks. Now IT have received a
summons to appear! I am a self.
employed businessman, and |
honestly could not take unsched-
uled time away from my work
without scriously jeopardizing
my livelihood. I appreciate that
serving as a juror is a civic duty,
but are there exceptions?

Answer: Individuals do have the
right and duty to serve as jurors
unless disqualified or exempted
under the Jury Act of B.C.

Some of these exceptions
include persons who are not
Canadian citizens or who are not
residents of the province. or peo-
ple who have been convicted of

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certain criminal offences.

In addition, people who are
summoned to jury duty can ask to
be exempted for other personal
reasons. These can include med-
ical reasons, financial hardship, er
other business or personal com-
mitnents.

Exemptions will not be given
for mere inconvenience which
every juror must face. Your rea-
sons sound dike more than an
inconvenience and the chances are
very good that you would be
excused from jury duty.

For further information about
being excused, contact the sher-
ifs office from which you
received the summons. In

Howe Sound

Vancouver, the phone number is
460-2603.

You may be able to request an
exemption in writing in advance
of the date you are summoned to
appear, or you may have to
address the presiding judge at jury
selection, You may address the
judge verbally or in writing.

You will receive $10 for each
day that you have to attend for
jury selection. Those who are cho-
sen to sit as jurors will be given
$20 for each day. If a trial lasts
longer than ten days, the fee is
increased to $30 per day.

In addition, a flat rate of $6 per
day will be paid as a transporta-
tion and parking allowance.

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