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6 in Ne ie itmmmesss.... Cmm n mmmmmmenes Act Amended to 'Allow Women to Be Listed on Panels in Ontario Rmvmmmmmmmmmmmmen----mmmmmmmccs EXCEPTIONS CITED betrrremememmemmmmmeammnd Provision for mixed juries, as recommended by the Legislative Committee which last summer in-- \"v.sli::atml the administration of jus-- tice in Ontario, is made in the Jurors Amendment Act, which was introduced yesterday in the Legis-- lature by Attorney--General Conant. Women who are excepted -- from jury service by the bill are "vowed members of a religious order living in a convent or other religious com-- munity, registered nurses and the wives (and coversely the husbands) of judges, magistrates, sheriffs, coroners, jailers, sheriffs officers and constables, barristers, solicitors and officers of the courts of jus-- tice," The bill provides also that a judge may direct that in any civil case a jury shall be composed of men oaly, or of women only, and also permits a JjJudge to "excuse a woman from jury service in any civil or criminal ; case by reason of the nature of the evidence." A complementary bill, an amend-- ment to the Voters List Act, pro-- % vides for a new marking to indicate that a person is qualified to act as a juror. The old insignia was ap-- * plied entirely to males. Col. George Drew, Opposition Leader, in that connection suggest-- ed that when the Voters List Act is being amended, a clause should be inserted which would compel a voter to present his registration @@rd at the poll. "I know this has been done in some other jurisdictions. I do feel," he added, "that we should insist upon the production of registration cards because it is, in effect, a double check upon identity." The suggestion would be taken under advisement, the Attorney-- General indicated. A second clause to the jurors' bill makes absolute the rule that a grand jury may not f inspect a public building within six months of a previous inspection. Under present law, a presiding Judge may give a grand jury au-- thority to make an inspection with-- in the six months' limit. A second bill affecting jurors, an amendment to the Jurors' Act by Ian Strachan, K.C., was given sec-- ond reading. It removes nine classi-- fications from exemption for jury service, including dental surgeons, school teachers, members of the militia and newspaper editors and reporters. "The evidence before the admin-- istration of justice committee indi. _ _ cated a crying need for improving the jury system and of raising the k qualifications for jurors," he said. "It is an inconvenience to serve on a jury, but it is a public service and only occurs once in a lifetime,"