Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The [1925 c. 22.] Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825

3 In section 1 (qualification of jurors), the words " in any county " shall cease to have effect, and for the words " county or shire, city or place " there shall be substituted the words " sheriff court district ".

4 For section 3 (rolls of jurors) there shall be substituted the following section:—

“3 General jury book.

The sheriff principal of each sheriffdom shall, in respect of each sheriff court district in his sheriffdom, maintain a book, known as ' the general jury book', containing the names and designations of persons within the district who are qualified and liable to serve as jurors, and that book shall be kept in the sheriff clerk's office for the district and shall be open on all lawful days to the inspection of any person”.

5 For section 7 (jurors for trials in Edinburgh) there shall be substituted the following section:—

“7 Jurors for High Court and Court of Session trials in Edinburgh.

The High Court of Justiciary and the Court of Session may, by Act of Adjournal or Act of Sederunt, as the case may be, specify the areas from which and the proportions in which jurors are to be summoned for trials in those courts to be held in Edinburgh, and for any such trial the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom in which the trial is to take place shall requisition the required number of jurors from the areas and in the proportions so specified”.

6 For section 8 (jurors for circuit trials) there shall be substituted the following section:—

“8 Jurors for High Court when on Circuit.

Where the High Court of Justiciary is to be on circuit, the sheriff principal of the sheriffdom in which a trial is to be held shall requisition from the sheriff court districts in which the circuit is to take place the required number of jurors for that trial in such proportions as may be specified by that Court in an Act of Adjournal”.

7 In section 9 (jurors in inferior courts), for the word " county " there shall be substituted the words " sheriff court district ".

8 In section 10 (order in which names of jurors to be taken), for the words " counties and " there shall be substituted the words " sheriff court ", and for the word "counties" there shall be substituted the words " sheriff court districts ".