Jury Act -- JURY REGULATION

B.C. Reg. 282/95
O.C. 724/95

Deposited June 29, 1995
effective July 4, 1995

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Jury Act

JURY REGULATION

[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 332/2003]

Fee for juror

1 Subject to section 3 (3), a person is entitled to receive the following fee for each day that he or she is required to attend at a sitting or trial:

(a) $20 a day for each of the first 10 days of the trial;

(b) $60 a day for the 11th to the 49th days of the trial;

[en. B.C. Reg. 332/2003.]

No fee for panel member

2 No fee is payable to a person serving on a jury panel but not selected as a juror.

Reimbursement for expenses

3 (1) A person referred to in section 1 is, subject to subsections (2) and (3), entitled to be reimbursed for necessary and reasonable travelling, lodging and other expenses incurred by the person as a result of sitting as a juror.

(2) The expenses to which a person is entitled under subsection (1) must be ascertained and approved by the sheriff who may, for that purpose, require the person to provide a declaration as to those expenses.

(3) A person who makes a false declaration to the sheriff under subsection (2) respecting the person’s expenses

(a) is not entitled to receive any payment under this regulation, and

(b) is subject to any other penalty to which the person may be subject as a result of the making of the false declaration.

[am. B.C. Reg. 378/2002, s. 2.]

[Provisions of the Jury Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 242, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: sections 24 and 34]