(1) Except as provided by section 22 and subject to subsection (2), where
civil proceedings in the Supreme Court or the District Court are to be tried
with a jury, the jury shall consist of 4 persons returned and selected in
accordance with this Act.
(2) The Supreme Court may, upon application by any
party to civil proceedings to be tried in the Supreme Court with a jury made
at any time after the pleadings in those proceedings are closed, order that
the jury shall, except as provided by section 22, consist of 12 persons.