WOMEN AS JURORS
VOLUNTARY service BILL BEFORE HOUSE (P.R.) WELLINGTON, this day. Provision for women between the ages of 25 and 60 serving as jurors, should they so desire, is contained in ( the W'omen Jurors (No. 2) Bill’introduced into the House of Representatives yesterday and read a first time. The Attorney-General, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, said that the measure was identical with the one previously introduced by Mrs. M. M. Dreaver (Lab., Waitemata) and which had been declared out of order. To enable a woman to serve as a juror, the bill specifies that she must possess the necessary qualifications and must notify the sheriff in writing that she wishes to serve as a juror. It is the duty of the sheriff to supply to the superintendent of police of the district concerned a list of women who wish to serve and, if he is satisfied, such names may be added to the jury list.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20915, 15 October 1942, Page 3
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157WOMEN AS JURORS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20915, 15 October 1942, Page 3
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