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JURIES ACT 1957 - SECT 28

28 .         Ticket of juror not attending to be returned to box

        (1)         If a person to whom a summons is issued under section 26(5) cannot be served or does not attend when summoned, the summoning officer shall forthwith place the ticket bearing the number of that person in the box marked “Jurors in Reserve”.

        (1a)         If any ticket drawn from a box has not been used for the purpose of completing the panel the summoning officer shall forthwith return the ticket to the box from which it was drawn.

        (2)         The residue of the tickets drawn shall be placed by the summoning officer into the box marked “Jurors in Reserve” there to remain until all of the tickets in the box marked “Jurors in Use” have been drawn out in which case the summoning officer shall transfer the tickets then in the box marked “Jurors in Reserve” to the box marked “Jurors in Use”, or until the tickets are required to be used afresh in connection with a new jurors’ book.

        [Section 28 amended: No. 44 of 1973 s. 16; No. 59 of 1984 s. 14; No. 13 of 2011 s. 18.]



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