JURIES ACT 1967 - SECT 14 Excusing of jurors
JURIES ACT 1967 - SECT 14
Excusing of jurors(1) This section applies if a judge or the sheriff is satisfied that a person summoned or appointed to attend to serve as a juror has shown sufficient reason to be excused from attendance.
Examples—sufficient reason
1 pregnancy
2 illness
3 the person has care of children or of aged or ill people
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act
, s 126 and s 132).
(2) The judge or the sheriff may, at any time after service of the summons or the appointment, excuse the person from attendance or further attendance on the Supreme Court during the period that the judge or sheriff states.