Juries Act, 1927

Commencement and duration of jurors books.

21.—(1) The several jurors books in force at the passing of this Act shall continue in force until the 31st day of August, 1927, and no longer.

(2) In every jury district the first jurors book prepared under this Act for such jury district shall come into force on the 1st day of September, 1927, and shall continue in force until it is exhausted and every subsequent jurors book for any jury district shall come into force immediately after the preceding jurors book for such jury district has become exhausted and shall itself continue in force until it becomes exhausted.

(3) When the first jurors book under this Act for any jury district is being prepared a suitable mark shall be made in such book against the name of every person entered therein whose name was included in a panel of jurors for attendance in any court on or after the 1st day of September, 1926, and before the 1st day of September, 1927, and for the purposes of the selection of panels from such book and determining when such book becomes exhausted every person against whose name such mark is made shall be deemed to have been summoned once after such book came into force to attend a court as a juror.