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| B.C. Reg. 282/95 O.C. 724/95 |
Deposited June 29, 1995 effective July 4, 1995 |
Jury Act
[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 434/2004, January 1, 2005]
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| 1 | Fee for juror | |
| 2 | No fee for panel member | |
| 3 | Reimbursement for expenses | |
| 4 | Disqualification from serving as juror | |
1 Subject to section 3 (3), a person is entitled to receive the following fee for each day that he or she is required to attend at a sitting or trial:
(a) $20 a day for each of the first 10 days of the trial;
(b) $60 a day for the 11th to the 49th days of the trial;
(c) $100 a day for the 50th and each succeeding day of the trial.
[en. B.C. Reg. 332/2003.]
2 No fee is payable to a person serving on a jury panel but not selected as a juror.
3 (1) A person referred to in section 1 is, subject to subsections (2) and (3), entitled to be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable travelling, lodging and other expenses incurred by the person as a result of sitting as a juror.
(2) The expenses to which a person is entitled under subsection (1) must be ascertained and approved by the sheriff who may, for that purpose, require the person to provide a declaration as to those expenses.
(3) A person who makes a false declaration to the sheriff under subsection (2) respecting the person’s expenses
(a) is not entitled to receive any payment under this regulation, and
(b) is subject to any other penalty to which the person may be subject as a result of the making of the false declaration.
[am. B.C. Reg. 378/2002, s. 2.]
4 In addition to the persons referred to in section 3 (1) of the Jury Act, the following are disqualified from serving as a juror:
(a) an employee of the Department of Justice or of the Solicitor General of Canada;
(b) an employee of the Ministry of Attorney General and Ministry Responsible for Treaty Negotiations of British Columbia;
(c) an employee of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia, with the exception of employees of that Ministry who work in the Liquor Distribution Branch.
[en. B.C. Reg. 434/2004, s. (b).]
[Provisions of the Jury Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 242, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: sections 24 and 34]
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