Western Australian Current Acts

JURIES ACT 1957 - SECT 27

27 .         Extra people to be summoned to make up for people not attending

        (1)         If at any time before the panel for a criminal trial is returnable the summoning officer —

            (a)         ascertains that a person on the panel to whom a summons was issued under section 26(5) cannot be served with the summons; or

            (b)         under Part VC Division 2, excuses a person on the panel who has been served with a summons,

                the officer shall choose in rotation from the jurors whose names correspond with the numbers on the additional tickets drawn out under section 26(2)(d) such number of persons as is required to complete the panel and shall place their names on the panel in substitution for the names of the persons who have not been served or who have been excused, as the case may be.

        (2)         A person whose name is so substituted shall be summoned accordingly and is bound to attend pursuant to the summons notwithstanding that the summons was not served on the person within the prescribed time.

        [Section 27 inserted: No. 13 of 2011 s. 17.]