(1) Where it appears
to the summoning officer after the issue of summonses to the persons selected
to attend at a jury pool and before the attendance of such persons that the
number of persons so selected is greater than the number that will be
required, the summoning officer may reduce the number of persons required to
attend at the jury pool.
(2) A reduction under
subsection (1) shall be performed by ballot manually or by computer.
(3) A person who is
excluded under this section from the number of persons required to attend at
the jury pool shall be informed accordingly by the summoning officer and
informed that the summons is withdrawn and his name shall forthwith be
restored to the jurors’ book.
[Section 32E inserted: No. 6 of 1981 s. 20;
amended: No. 13 of 2011 s. 25.]