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JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 66
Penalty notices for failure to attend jury service
66 Penalty notices for failure to attend jury service
(1) If it appears to the sheriff or a person prescribed by the regulations
that a person has contravened section 61, or has declined to be dealt with
under section 64 in respect of a failure to attend for jury service, the
sheriff or prescribed person may serve a penalty notice on the person.
(2) A
penalty notice is a notice to the effect that, if the person served does not
wish to have the alleged contravention of section 61 or 63 dealt with by a
court, the person may pay, within the time and to the person specified in the
notice, the penalty of-- (a) in the case of an alleged contravention of
section 61-- 5 penalty units, or
(b) in the case of an alleged contravention
of section 63-- 15 penalty units.
(3) If the relevant penalty for the alleged
offence is paid in accordance with this section, no person is liable to any
further proceedings for the alleged offence.
(4) Payment in accordance with
this section is not to be regarded as an admission of liability for the
purposes of, nor is in any way to affect or prejudice, any civil claim, action
or proceeding arising out of the same occurrence.
(6) This section does not
limit the operation of this or any other Act in relation to proceedings that
may be taken in respect of offences.
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