Part III Course of Justice: Evidence, Procedure, Etc.

Juries

41 Jury service: disabled persons.

After section 9A of the M1Juries Act 1974 there shall be inserted the following section—

9B Discharge of summonses to disabled persons only if incapable of acting effectively as a juror.

1

Where it appears to the appropriate officer, in the case of a person attending in pursuance of a summons under this Act, that on account of physical disability there is doubt as to his capacity to act effectively as a juror, the person may be brought before the judge.

2

The judge shall determine whether or not the person should act as a juror; but he shall affirm the summons unless he is of the opinion that the person will not, on account of his disability, be capable of acting effectively as a juror, in which case he shall discharge the summons.

3

In this section “the judge” means any judge of the High Court or any Circuit judge or Recorder.