JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 64
Procedure where failure to attend for jury service
JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 64
Procedure where failure to attend for jury service
64 Procedure where failure to attend for jury service
(1) If a person fails to attend for jury service at a court or
coronial inquest, a record of that fact is to be made on the relevant panel by
order of the court, of the coroner holding the inquest or of any court in
which trials for which the panel was prepared are held.
(2) The sheriff shall
serve, on a person who is recorded under subsection (1) as having failed to
attend for jury service, a notice to the effect that, if the person does not
desire to have the matter referred to a court, the person--
(a) pay to an
officer specified in the notice at a place and within a time specified in the
notice an amount of penalty equal to 10 penalty units for that failure if
dealt with under this section, or
(b) show cause to the sheriff within the
time specified in the notice why a penalty should not be imposed for that
failure.
(3) The sheriff may require a person who shows cause under
subsection (2) (b) to verify the person's statements by statutory declaration.
(4) If the sheriff determines that a person has not shown reasonable cause
under subsection (2) (b) for the person's failure to attend for jury service,
the sheriff shall inform that person accordingly and specify a further period
of time within which the person may pay the amount of penalty referred to in
subsection (2) (a).
(5) A person served with a notice under subsection (2)--
(a) has the right to decline to be dealt with under this section, and
(b)
shall be deemed to have declined to be so dealt with if the person does not
show reasonable cause under subsection (2) (b) for the person's failure to
attend for jury service within the time specified in the notice and if the
person fails to pay the relevant amount of penalty within the time specified
in the notice or within such further time as may, under subsection (4) or in
any particular case, be allowed by the sheriff.
(6) Where the relevant amount
of penalty is paid pursuant to subsection (2) (a), no person shall be liable
for any further proceedings for that failure to attend for jury service.
