Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Subject to this
section, a person summoned to attend at a jury pool shall attend for such
period, not exceeding 5 consecutive court sitting days, as the summoning
officer determines in respect of that jury pool.
(2) A person who is
sworn as a member of a jury shall be required to attend at the court until
discharged notwithstanding that he has attended at the jury pool for a longer
period than 5 consecutive court sitting days.
(3) The summoning
officer may discharge any person from attending at a jury pool for the whole
or any part of the period determined under subsection (1) if it appears to the
summoning officer that the number of jurors in the jury pool exceeds the
number required for trials to which the pool relates and persons to be
discharged under this subsection shall be selected by ballot.
[Section 32I inserted: No. 6 of 1981 s. 20.]
[Heading inserted: No. 13 of 2011 s. 29.]
[Heading inserted: No. 13 of 2011 s. 29.]