HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1862        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1684

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to jury duty..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 1 of chapter 234 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph: — A pregnant woman may elect not to have her name placed on the list and in such case she shall be treated as a person exempt from jury duty under this section.