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Part VIIIE+W Amendments of Law Relating to Juries

118 Abolition of peremptory challenge.E+W

(1)The right to challenge jurors without cause in proceedings for the trial of a person on indictment is abolished.

(2)In addition and without prejudice to any powers which the Crown Court may possess to order the exclusion of the public from any proceedings a judge of the Crown Court may order that the hearing of a challenge for cause shall be in camera or in chambers.