This is also recognised in the Basic Law, Article 86: "The principle of trial by jury previously practised in Hong Kong shall be maintained."
If any of the potential jurors want to be excused from serving and have good reasons for that, they should contact and apply for exemption with the Registrar within two weeks from the time when they receive the notice of service.
In the Donald Tsang case, a candidate juror (a man) applied for exemption in order to take care of a baby after midnight.
The Ordinance stated that "all questions of fact, whether of a civil and criminal nature upon which issue shall be taken in the course of any proceeding before the Supreme Court ... shall be decided by the verdict of a jury of six men."
This was the first piece of local legislation to formally introduce and regulate the jury system in Hong Kong.
For the first time, the name of a Chinese Hong Kong resident, Wong A. Shing, showed up on the list of jurors.
The Legislative Council had a special meeting over the issue and reached the result of retaining the name and adopting the list.