Western Australian Current Acts

JURIES ACT 1957 - SECT 34I

34I .         People who are not indifferent, excusing

        (1)         A summoning officer cannot excuse a person under this section except on an application made by the person under section 34F.

        (2)         A judge may excuse a person under this section on his or her own initiative or an application made by the person under section 34F.

        (3)         If a judge or summoning officer is satisfied that a person who is summoned would not be indifferent as between the parties in a trial if he or she were to serve as a juror at the trial, the judge or officer must excuse the person from serving as a juror at that trial.

        (4)         If a person is excused under this section from serving as a juror in a criminal trial, the judge or summoning officer must ensure —

            (a)         the card bearing the person’s identification number is removed from the ballot-box being used under Part VI to choose jurors at that trial; and

            (b)         the person’s name, jurors’ book number and identification number remains on the panel of jurors or the jury pool, as the case requires, until the persons on the panel or pool are no longer required to attend under this Act.

        (5)         As soon as practicable after a person is excused under this section from serving as a juror in a civil trial, the judge or summoning officer must ensure the ticket bearing the person’s jurors’ book number is dealt with in accordance with section 29(3)(b).

        [Section 34I inserted: No. 13 of 2011 s. 34.]