Bill 52 explained in plain English
Juries Statute Law Amendment Act (Juror Eligibility), 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 52 amends the Juries Act to make juror ineligibility based on current legal confinement in a correctional institution, rather than past criminal convictions without a pardon, and removes related criminal record checks.
This bill, known as the Juries Statute Law Amendment Act (Juror Eligibility), 2018, changes who is eligible to serve on a jury in Ontario. Previously, individuals convicted of certain offences who had not received a pardon were ineligible. This bill removes that condition and instead makes a person ineligible if they are currently legally confined in a correctional institution. It also removes the need for criminal record checks to determine juror eligibility and makes related changes to other laws.
- Amends the Juries Act to change the criteria for juror ineligibility.
- Removes the ineligibility of individuals who have been convicted of an indictable offence and have not received a pardon.
- Introduces ineligibility for individuals who are legally confined in a correctional institution.
- Repeals section 18.2 of the Juries Act, which provided for criminal record checks for juror eligibility.
- Makes consequential amendments to two other Acts.
- Individuals who may be called for jury duty.
- Correctional institutions.
- The justice system.
- Individuals are no longer ineligible for jury duty solely based on a past criminal conviction if they have not received a pardon.
- Individuals who are legally confined in a correctional institution are ineligible for jury duty.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that the Act came into force on that day.
Changes the eligibility requirements for serving as a juror. Specifically, it repeals the provision that made individuals ineligible if they had been convicted of an offence punishable by indictment and had not received a pardon. It substitutes this with a new criterion making individuals ineligible if they are legally confined in a correctional institution. It also repeals a section related to criminal record checks for juror assessment.
Source: Section 1, Section 2, Section 3 of the Bill, Explanatory Note
Repeals paragraph 4 of subsection 2 (2) of this Act, which is related to assessing juror ineligibility through criminal record checks.
Source: Section 4 of the Bill
Repeals section 29 of Schedule 5 to this Act, which is a related consequential amendment.
Source: Section 5 of the Bill
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