Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The summoning
officer shall issue to each person selected for the purposes of section 32C a
summons in the prescribed form requiring the person to attend at a place
specified for the assembly of the jurors in the jury pool and at the time
specified in the summons until discharged pursuant to section 32I.
(1AA) If the summoning
officer is satisfied a person whose name is selected for the purposes of
section 32C —
(a) is
not eligible or not qualified to serve as a juror under section 5; or
(b) has
a certificate issued under section 34E; or
(c) is a
person who, under the Jury Exemption Act 1965 (Commonwealth), shall not be
summoned to serve as a juror in this State; or
(d) no
longer resides in the district; or
(e) has
no known address; or
(f) has
died,
the summoning officer
must not issue the person a summons, despite subsection (1).
(1a) The summoning
officer shall ensure that each person to whom a summons is issued is allocated
a unique identification number.
(1b) The allocation of
an identification number may be done by computer.
(2) A summons issued
under subsection (1) shall be served on the person to whom it is issued at
least 5 days before the time specified therein for his attendance at the jury
pool unless a judge of the court in which trials to which the jury pool
relates are held otherwise orders in which case the person to whom the summons
is issued shall be bound to attend notwithstanding that the summons was not
served on him within the time specified by this subsection.
[Section 32D inserted: No. 6 of 1981 s. 20;
amended: No. 25 of 2003 s. 9; No. 13 of 2011 s. 24.]