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In section 85 (juries: citation and attendance of jurors) of the 1995 Act, after subsection (4) there is inserted—
“(4A)Citation of a juror may also be effected by an electronic citation which is sent—
(a)by or on behalf of the sheriff clerk; and
(b)by means of electronic communication,
to the home or business email address of the juror.
(4B)Citation under subsection (4A) above is a legal citation if the sheriff clerk possesses a legible version of an electronic communication which—
(a)is signed by electronic signature by the person who signed the citation;
(b)includes the citation; and
(c)bears to have been sent to the home or business email address of the juror being cited.
(4C)In subsection (4A) above, an “electronic citation” is a citation in electronic form which—
(a)is capable of being kept in legible form; and
(b)is signed by electronic signature by or on behalf of the sheriff clerk.”.
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