J-2 - Jurors Act

Section 4 Disposition versions

2020-06-05

4. The following persons are disqualified from serving as jurors:

(a)  persons not qualified as required by section 3;

(b)  members of the Privy Council, of the Senate or of the House of Commons of Canada;

(c)  members of the Conseil exécutif or of the National Assembly;

(d)  judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court, the Court of Québec or a municipal court, a coroner and officers of the court;

(e)  practising advocates or notaries;

(f)  peace officers;

(g)  firemen;

(h)  persons afflicted with a mental illness or deficiency;

(i)  persons who do not speak French or English fluently, subject to sections 30 and 45; and

(j)  persons charged with or found guilty of an indictable offence;

(k)  in the judicial districts of Mingan, Gaspé and Abitibi, except, in the latter case, in the territories of Abitibi, Mistassini and New Québec, persons not domiciled in a local municipal territory situated wholly or partly within a radius of 60 kilometres from the chief place of the judicial district or from any other place authorized by the Government in accordance with section 51 or 70 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16).

1976, c. 9, s. 4; 1977, c. 17, s. 10; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1981, c. 14, s. 34; 1983, c. 41, s. 201; 1988, c. 21, s. 101; 1989, c. 52, s. 133; 1996, c. 2, s. 732; 2020, c. 12, s. 66.

1996-05-08

4. The following persons are disqualified from serving as jurors:

(a)  persons not qualified as required by section 3;

(b)  members of the Privy Council, of the Senate or of the House of Commons of Canada;

(c)  members of the Conseil exécutif or of the National Assembly;

(d)  judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court, the Court of Québec or a municipal court, a coroner and officers of the court;

(e)  practising advocates or notaries;

(f)  peace officers;

(g)  firemen;

(h)  persons afflicted with a mental illness or deficiency;

(i)  persons who do not speak French or English fluently, subject to sections 30 and 45; and

(j)  persons charged with or convicted of a criminal act;

(k)  in the judicial districts of Mingan, Gaspé and Abitibi, except, in the latter case, in the territories of Abitibi, Mistassini and New Québec, persons not domiciled in a local municipal territory situated wholly or partly within a radius of 60 kilometres from the chief place of the judicial district or from any other place authorized by the Government in accordance with section 51 or 70 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16).

1976, c. 9, s. 4; 1977, c. 17, s. 10; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1981, c. 14, s. 34; 1983, c. 41, s. 201; 1988, c. 21, s. 101; 1989, c. 52, s. 133; 1996, c. 2, s. 732.

1991-04-01

4. The following persons are disqualified from serving as jurors:

(a)  persons not qualified as required by section 3;

(b)  members of the Privy Council, of the Senate or of the House of Commons of Canada;

(c)  members of the Conseil exécutif or of the National Assembly;

(d)  judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court, the Court of Québec or a municipal court, a coroner and officers of the court;

(e)  practising advocates or notaries;

(f)  peace officers;

(g)  firemen;

(h)  persons afflicted with a mental illness or deficiency;

(i)  persons who do not speak French or English fluently, subject to sections 30 and 45; and

(j)  persons charged with or convicted of a criminal act;

(k)  in the judicial districts of Mingan, Gaspé and Abitibi, except, in the latter case, in the territories of Abitibi, Mistassini and New Québec, persons not domiciled in a municipality situated wholly or partly within a radius of 60 kilometres from the chief place of the judicial district or from any other place authorized by the Government in accordance with section 51 or 70 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16).

1976, c. 9, s. 4; 1977, c. 17, s. 10; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1981, c. 14, s. 34; 1983, c. 41, s. 201; 1988, c. 21, s. 101; 1989, c. 52, s. 133.

1988-08-31

4. The following persons are disqualified from serving as jurors:

(a)  persons not qualified as required by section 3;

(b)  members of the Privy Council, of the Senate or of the House of Commons of Canada;

(c)  members of the Conseil exécutif or of the National Assembly;

(d)  judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court or the Court of Québec, municipal judges, a coroner and officers of the court;

(e)  practising advocates or notaries;

(f)  peace officers;

(g)  firemen;

(h)  persons afflicted with a mental illness or deficiency;

(i)  persons who do not speak French or English fluently, subject to sections 30 and 45; and

(j)  persons charged with or convicted of a criminal act;

(k)  in the judicial districts of Mingan, Gaspé and Abitibi, except, in the latter case, in the territories of Abitibi, Mistassini and New Québec, persons not domiciled in a municipality situated wholly or partly within a radius of 60 kilometres from the chief place of the judicial district or from any other place authorized by the Government in accordance with section 51 or 70 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16).

1976, c. 9, s. 4; 1977, c. 17, s. 10; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1981, c. 14, s. 34; 1983, c. 41, s. 201; 1988, c. 21, s. 101.

1986-03-03

4. The following persons are disqualified from serving as jurors:

(a)  persons not qualified as required by section 3;

(b)  members of the Privy Council, of the Senate or of the House of Commons of Canada;

(c)  members of the Conseil exécutif or of the National Assembly;

(d)  judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court, the Provincial Court, the Court of the Sessions of the Peace, the Youth Court, municipal judges, a coroner and officers of the court;

(e)  practising advocates or notaries;

(f)  peace officers;

(g)  firemen;

(h)  persons afflicted with a mental illness or deficiency;

(i)  persons who do not speak French or English fluently, subject to sections 30 and 45; and

(j)  persons charged with or convicted of a criminal act;

(k)  in the judicial districts of Mingan, Gaspé and Abitibi, except, in the latter case, in the territories of Abitibi, Mistassini and New Québec, persons not domiciled in a municipality situated wholly or partly within a radius of sixty kilometres from the chief place of the judicial district or from any other place authorized by the Government in accordance with section 51 or 70 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16).

1976, c. 9, s. 4; 1977, c. 17, s. 10; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1981, c. 14, s. 34; 1983, c. 41, s. 201.

1981-07-18

4. The following persons are disqualified from serving as jurors:

(a)  persons not qualified as required by section 3;

(b)  members of the Privy Council, of the Senate or of the House of Commons of Canada;

(c)  members of the Conseil exécutif or of the National Assembly;

(d)  judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court, the Provincial Court, the Court of the Sessions of the Peace, the Youth Court, municipal judges and officers of the court;

(e)  practising advocates or notaries;

(f)  peace officers;

(g)  firemen;

(h)  persons afflicted with a mental illness or deficiency;

(i)  persons who do not speak French or English fluently, subject to sections 30 and 45; and

(j)  persons charged with or convicted of a criminal act;

(k)  in the judicial districts of Mingan, Gaspé and Abitibi, except, in the latter case, in the territories of Abitibi, Mistassini and New Québec, persons not domiciled in a municipality situated wholly or partly within a radius of sixty kilometres from the chief place of the judicial district or from any other place authorized by the Government in accordance with section 51 or 70 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16).

1976, c. 9, s. 4; 1977, c. 17, s. 10; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1981, c. 14, s. 34.

1977-12-31

4. The following persons are disqualified from serving as jurors:

(a)  persons not qualified as required by section 3;

(b)  members of the Privy Council, of the Senate or of the House of Commons of Canada;

(c)  members of the Conseil exécutif or of the National Assembly;

(d)  officers of the court;

(e)  practising advocates or notaries;

(f)  peace officers;

(g)  firemen;

(h)  persons afflicted with a mental illness or deficiency;

(i)  persons who do not speak French or English fluently, subject to sections 30 and 45; and

(j)  persons charged with or convicted of a criminal act;

(k)  in the judicial districts of Mingan, Gaspé and Abitibi, except, in the latter case, in the territories of Abitibi, Mistassini and New Québec, persons not domiciled in a municipality situated wholly or partly within a radius of sixty kilometres from the chief place of the judicial district or from any other place authorized by the Government in accordance with section 51 or 70 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16).

1976, c. 9, s. 4; 1977, c. 17, s. 10; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.