Cap. 9 Art. 605Compilation of lists of jurors.

(1) The Commissioner of Police or his representative, the Senior Magistrate, the Attorney General or his representative, the

President of the Chamber of Advocates and the President of the

Chamber of Legal Procurators shall, twice a year, attend a meeting called by the Director, Criminal Courts and Tribunals, to draw up to the best of their knowledge -

(a) a list of persons duly qualified and sufficiently competent to serve as jurors for the trial of Maltese-

speaking persons;

(b) a list of persons who, being duly qualified to serve as jurors in all respects other than a competent knowledge of the Maltese language, are competently versed in the English language so as to be able to understand and follow the proceedings conducted in that language.

(2) The lists shall be called the "List of Jurors for the trial of Maltese-speaking persons" and the "List of Special Jurors for the trial of English-speaking persons" respectively. The lists shall be drawn up in alphabetical order of surnames and shall contain the name, surname, profession and residence of each juror.

(3) From the entire number of persons shown on the said lists a further list shall be drawn up containing the names of persons competent to serve as foremen. The number of foremen shall not exceed one-sixth of the entire number in each list.

(4) The foremen shall possess the further qualification of having actually served on a jury in the Criminal Court.

(5) The lists shall be published in the Gazette in the month of August of each year.

(6) Within fifteen days from the publication of the lists, any person who, possessing the qualifications required by law to serve as a juror or special juror, may desire to be registered, or who, not possessing the qualifications required by law to serve as a juror or special juror, may desire to be struck off the list, shall make an application to that effect to the Criminal Court.

(7) The court shall proceed summarily on the application.

(8) The registrar shall note on the lists any corrections which the court may order.

(9) Within the first fifteen days in the month of November of each year, the amended lists of jurors and of special jurors liable to serve in the following year, shall be published in the Gazette: Provided, however, that it shall be lawful for the officials referred to in sub-article (1) at any time to add to the said lists the name of any other qualified juror or special juror, and, in any such case, any name so added shall be published in the Gazette and the provisions of sub-articles (6), (7) and (8) shall apply.

(10) Supplementary amended lists of jurors and of special jurors with such corrections as may be ordered by the court shall be published in the Gazette.

(11) Upon the publication of the lists referred to in sub-articles

(9) and (10), the names of the persons entered on the lists shall be written on separate ballots of parchment or paper as nearly as may be equal in shape and size. The names of the jurors and of the foremen of jurors shall be put in two separate boxes and the names of the special jurors and of the special foremen of jurors shall be put in two other separate boxes.

(12) The boxes shall be kept by the registrar under lock and key and shall be opened in the presence of the judge or judges in open court.

(13) It shall be lawful for the judges of the Criminal Court or for any two of such judges to cause the names of the persons whom the said judges shall deem to be incompetent to serve as jurors to be struck off the lists.