LAWS OF TONGA

SUPREME COURT (ALLOWANCES TO JURORS) REGULATIONS 1998

GS 2 of 2000

SUPREME COURT ACT (CAP. 10)

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Supreme Court Act (Cap. 10), His Majesty's Cabinet makes the following regulations: 

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Supreme Court (Allowances to Jurors) Regulations 1998. 

2. A person called as a juror before the Supreme Court in a criminal or civil case shall be paid-

(i). any travelling expenses reasonably incurred in travelling to and from the court; and 

(ii). a maintenance allowance of $28.00 per day or part thereof. 

3. The trial judge may in any particular case disallow any allowances payable to a juror under these Regulations. 

Made at Nuku‘alofa this 21 day of May 1998. 

By Order
‘Eseta Fusitu‘a Acting Chief Secretary and Acting Secretary to Cabinet