Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A judge or
summoning officer cannot excuse a person under this section except on an
application made by the person under section 34F.
(2) If a judge or the
summoning officer is satisfied —
(a) that
a person who is summoned has, in accordance with an earlier summons or under
section 52 —
(i)
attended any place in order to serve as a juror; or
(ii)
served as a juror,
in this State in the 5
years prior to the date on which the person is required to first attend under
the current summons; and
(b) that
a sufficient number of other persons who have been summoned is present for the
purposes of choosing persons to be jurors,
the judge or officer
may excuse the person from the summons.
(3) As soon as
practicable after a person summoned for one or more criminal trials is excused
under this section, the judge or summoning officer must ensure —
(a) the
person’s name, jurors’ book number and identification number are
removed from the panel of jurors or the jury pool, as the case requires; and
(b) the
card bearing the person’s identification number is removed from any box
being used to select or choose jurors at the trials.
(4) As soon as
practicable after a person summoned for a civil trial is excused under this
section, 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 34J inserted: No. 13 of 2011 s. 34.]
[Heading amended: No. 25 of 2003 s. 15.]