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Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014

2014 asp 18

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Part 3 – Civil Procedure

Chapter 1 – Sheriff court
Civil jury trials
Section 66 – Discharge or death of juror during trial

116.Section 64 provides that the sheriff may allow a juror not to take any further part in the proceedings, and for the way in which the proceedings are to continue should a juror be permitted to take no further part or die during proceedings. It is based on section 15 of the Court of Session Act 1988, except that subsection (4) makes further provision if the number of members of the jury falls below 10.

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