South Australian Current Acts

JURIES ACT 1927 - SECT 29

29—Summoning of jurors

        (1)         The sheriff must, from time to time as occasion requires, make such inquiries as are necessary to ascertain whether, and if so, how many, jurors are required for proposed criminal trials commencing in each jury district in each month.

        (2)         The sheriff must, in respect of each month, summon such jurors (if any) as are necessary for the purposes of criminal trials commencing in each jury district in that month.

        (3)         The names of jurors to be summoned in respect of any month in a jury district will be determined—

            (a)         by ballot; or

            (b)         by random selection made by computer.

        (4)         The names from which the ballot or random selection is made will comprise the names of all jurors included on the jury list for the appropriate year, excluding the names of those who have previously been summoned for jury service in that year.

        (5)         Where the number of jurors on a jury list is not sufficient to provide jurors for all criminal trials occurring in the course of the year for which the list was compiled, the names of jurors who have previously been summoned for jury service during the year, but not less than 6 months earlier, must again be included amongst the names from which the ballot or random selection is made.