JURIES ACT 2000 - SECT 33 Procedure for selecting jury in civil trials

JURIES ACT 2000 - SECT 33

S. 33(1) amended by No. 38/2017 s. 8(1).

    (1)     After the procedure set out in section 32 has been completed in a civil trial, the proper officer must—

S. 33(1)(a) substituted by No. 38/2017 s. 8(2).

        (a)     select persons from the panel and call out—

              (i)     the identifying number and occupation of those persons; or

              (ii)     if a direction has been made under section 30A(2), the name and occupation of those persons and, if there are 2 or more persons with the same name and occupation, their identifying number—

until a sufficient number, after allowing for all challenges for cause that have been upheld, is selected; and

        (b)     make a list of the persons selected; and

S. 33(1)(c) amended by No. 38/2017 s. 8(3).

        (c)     provide the list—

              (i)     first, to the plaintiff or petitioner; and

              (ii)     next, to the defendant or respondent—

who may each strike from the list the identifying number or name of any person to whom they object in accordance with section 35.

S. 33(2) amended by No. 38/2017 s. 8(4).

    (2)     The persons whose identifying numbers or names remain on the list are the jury to try the issues in the trial.