Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts The Supreme Court and
every judge thereof, and every circuit court and the judge thereof, have and
may exercise such power and authority as they have prior to the coming into
operation of this Act had and exercised, or as similar courts in England have,
in making any award or order, orally or otherwise, for the return of a jury
for the trial of any issue before any of those respective courts, or for the
amending or enlarging of any panel hereinafter mentioned; and the return to
any award or order so made shall be made in the accustomed manner heretofore
used in such or similar courts respectively in England, but a person shall not
be so returned as a juror unless he or she is eligible and qualified according
to this Act to serve as a juror.
[Section 24 amended: No. 44 of 1973 s. 13; No. 13
of 2011 s. 15.]