Western Australian Current Acts

JURIES ACT 1957 - SECT 20

20 .         General jury precepts

                Subject to this Act, where jurors are required for any criminal or civil trial or trials in the Supreme Court, a circuit court, or the District Court, a general jury precept in the prescribed form shall be issued to the appropriate summoning officer referred to in section 21 or in section 25 requiring him to summon a sufficient number of jurors to attend on the trial or trials —

            (a)         by a Supreme Court judge, in the case of a general jury precept returnable in the Supreme Court or a circuit court; or

            (b)         by a District Court judge, in the case of a general jury precept returnable in the District Court,

                but where a sitting of the Supreme Court or a circuit court, and of the District Court coincide wholly or in part at the same place, a Supreme Court judge may issue a general jury precept for summoning jurors to attend both those sittings.

        [Section 20 inserted: No. 44 of 1973 s. 11; amended: No. 6 of 1981 s. 11.]