Juries Act 1949

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Part II Scotland

24 Payments in respect of jury service in Scotland.

25 Person by whom the amount of a payment is to be ascertained and paid.

26 Fee payable by party applying for jury trial in civil cause.

27 Consequential amendments of Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845.

28 Abolition of special juries and special jurors.

29 Consequential and minor amendments.

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31 Discontinuance of terms “common jury” and “common juror”.

32 Interpretation of Part II.

33 Extent of Part II.

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Part IV Short Title, &c.

35†Short title, citation and repeal.

FIRST SCHEDULE Minor and Consequential Amendments of Scottish Enactments

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Juries Act 1949

1949 c.27

An Act to provide for the making of payments in respect of jury service in Great Britain; to abolish special juries in Great Britain except in commercial causes tried in London; to abolish the privilege of landed persons in relation to jury trial in Scotland; to empower the Parliament of Northern Ireland to make laws providing for the payment of jurors in His Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland and the abolition of special juries in that Court; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[26th April 1949]C1

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1

Whole Act except as it applies to Scotland repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1978 (c. 45), s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. I