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[46] [47] According to section 146 (2) (b) of the Act, Young persons under the age of 18 must have their rights explained by the officer in a language appropriate to their age and level of understanding. Therefore, the officer must assess the accused youth's ability to understand their rights before attaining a statement from the youth.
Jury duty or jury service is a service as a juror in a legal proceeding. Different countries have different approaches to juries: [ 1 ] variations include the kinds of cases tried before a jury, how many jurors hear a trial, and whether the lay person is involved in a single trial or holds a paid job similar to a judge , but without legal ...
The Young Offenders Act replaced the earlier Juvenile Delinquents Act enacted in 1908.. The Act established the national age of criminal responsibility at 12 years old, and said that youths can be prosecuted only if they break a law of the Criminal Code (previously, youths could be prosecuted or punished solely on the grounds that it was in the youth's best interests).
Here’s one way to get out of jury duty. ... You can be exempt from jury duty for simply just being past this age . Once you turn 18, you are eligible to participate in jury duty. If you don’t ...
How old is too old to serve jury duty? “There is no old age limit for jury service,” Blaine Corren, a spokesperson for the Judicial Council of California, said. However, Corren said, “If you ...
Neary added there is a "deeper" side to jury selection because a jury of peers is a cross-section of the community. He said it is a "tremendous amount of responsibility" to be on a jury.
The monetary jurisdiction of this court is fixed by regulation, rising to the current limit from $10,000 on January 1, 2010. The majority of Small Claims Court matters are heard by deputy judges, lawyers who have been appointed for a period of three years by the Regional Senior Justice to hear such cases.
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]