Section 2.22. Any person charged with an offence has the right to be informed of the particulars of the alleged offence, to be tried within a stated lapse of time and to be presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
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Section 2.22. Section 2.22. Any person charged with an offence has the right to be informed of the particulars of the alleged offence, to be tried within a stated elapse of time and to be presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Section 2.22. Any person charged with an offence has the right to be informed of the particulars of the alleged offence, to be tried by a jury or one's peers within a stated elapse of time and to be presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Section 2.22. I think if minor offenders had the right to trial by jury the average citizen would soon get fed up and cease to take this obligation seriously.
Proposed Amendments to Section
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Original Version
Section 2.22. Section 2.22. Any person charged with an offence has the right to be informed of the particulars of the alleged offence, to be tried within a stated elapse of time and to be presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Proposed Amendment to Section 2.22.
Right to trial by jury of one's peers
Section 2.22. Any person charged with an offence has the right to be informed of the particulars of the alleged offence, to be tried by a jury or one's peers within a stated elapse of time and to be presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
Section 2.22. I think if minor offenders had the right to trial by jury the average citizen would soon get fed up and cease to take this obligation seriously.