(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.]