An Act to amend so much of an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for regulating the Qualification and the Manner of enrolling Jurors in Scotland, and of choosing Jurors in Criminal Trials there, and to unite counties for the purposes of Trial in Cases of High Treason in Scotland, as relates to the Qualification of Special Jurors.
[22d March 1826]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1–3 repealed by Juries Act 1949 (c. 27), Sch. 3
In case any person whose name shall have been entered . . . F2 in the [F3list of potential jurors] . . . F2 shall die, or [F4cease to be qualified to serve as a juror], it shall and may be lawful for the sheriff, in making returns of jurors, as directed by the said recited Act, to pass over the name of every such person, provided the date at which the name of such person shall have been so passed over, and the reason thereof, shall be entered at the time in the [F3list of potential jurors] . . . F2
Editorial Information
X1S. 4 repealed so far as relating to returns to Criminal Courts by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt. I
Textual Amendments
F2Words repealed by Juries Act 1949 (c. 27), Sch. 3
F3Words substituted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 36:1), ss. 23, 59(1), Sch. 2 para. 2
F4Words substituted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55, SIF 72:2), s. 28(1), Sch. 2 para. 1
This Act, and said recited Act passed in the last sessions of Parliament, shall be construed and receive effect together, in the same manner as if this Act had made part of the said recited Act.
Editorial Information
X2S. 5 repealed so far as relating to returns to Criminal Courts by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt. I