JURY EXEMPTION.

No. 2 of 1905.

An Act to Exempt certain Persons holding Public Positions in the Commonwealth from Serving as Jurors.

[Assented to 17th August, 1905.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows :—

Short title.

1.      This Act may he cited as the Jury Exemption Act 1905.

Exemption of certain persons holding public positions from serving as jurors.

2.  The following persons shall be exempt from serving as jurors whether summoned so to serve under the law of the Commonwealth or of a State:—

The Governor-General.

The members of the Federal Executive Council.

The Justices of the High Court and of other Courts created by the Parliament.

The Senators and the Members of the House of Representatives.

The members of the Inter-State Commission.

The Officers of the Public Service of the Commonwealth.

The members of the Permanent Naval and Military Forces of the Commonwealth.