Mode of striking the panel

(1) Every panel of common jurors required by section 15(l) of the Juries Act, to be struck and made out shall be made up of the jurors whose names appear in the following order– (a) the name of the man and the name of the woman prescribed by paragraph (b) of this rule; (b) in the case of the men, the name of the tenth man, and in the case of women the name of the fifth woman, respectively, after the name of the man and the woman first taken; (c) in the case of men, the name of the tenth man, and in the case of women the name of the fifth woman, respectively, after the name of the man and of the woman taken secondly, and so on, in the case of men the same of every tenth man, and in the case of women the name of every fifth woman, respectively, following after the name of the man and of the woman last taken, and going through the said Division or Divisions until the number of jurors required for the panel has been obtained4 Juries provided that the number of women appearing on any panel of jurors shall be in the same proportion, or as near as may be, to the number of men appearing thereon as the total number of women is to the total number of men in the Jurors’ Book from which the panel is struck, and the name of a woman shall not be taken from the said Division or Divisions if the result of so doing would be that the number of women whose names appear on the panel would exceed the above-mentioned proportion. (2) Subject to the provisions of subrule (3) of this rule, in forming the first panel under these Rules, the names to be first taken shall in the case of men be the name of the first man, and in the case of women the name of the first woman, appearing in the relevant Division or Divisions of the list of common jurors, in the case of the Northern District starting with the Corozal Administrative Division, and in forming any subsequent panel, the names to be first taken shall in the case of men be the name of the tenth man after the name of the last man, and in the case of women the name of the fifth woman after the name of the last woman, taken for the immediately preceding panel struck from the said Division or Divisions under section 15(l) of the Juries Act, provided that where the name of the last man or woman, as the case may be, taken for the immediately preceding panel as aforesaid has been removed or struck out from the relevant Jurors’ Book then the reckoning shall be from the name of the man or woman next following, as the case may be. (3) Where any name falling to be taken under subrule (1) and (2) of this rule is the name of a juror– (a) who is dead; (b) who has left this country; (c) who is at the time living more than thirty miles from the Court House at which the panel of jurors been struck is to attend; (d) who has been exempted or excused; Juries 5 (e) who has already been summoned to serve on a Jury in the same year and there are sufficient names in the relevant Division or Divisions of the list who have not already served for that year, from which to form the required panel; or (f) who has already served on one or more occasions and there are sufficient names still on the relevant list of those who have not yet served, or have served a smaller number of times than such juror, from which to form the required panel, then the names of such juror shall be passed over and the next name on the list being the name of a juror who does not come within any of the descriptions given in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this rule shall be taken.