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An Act to regulate the Qualification and the Manner of enrolling Jurors in Scotland, and of choosing Jurors on Criminal Trials there; and to unite Counties for the Purposes of Trial in Cases of High Treason in Scotland.
[20th May 1825]
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C1Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)
C2Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision Act 1890 (c. 33)
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The sheriff principal of each sheriffdom shall, in respect of each sheriff court district in his sheriffdom, maintain [F4in such form as may be approved by the Lord Justice-General, two lists (to be known as the “lists of potential jurors”) containing the names, designations and dates of birth of such number as the sheriff principal considers appropriate of—
(a)in the first list, men; and
(b)in the second list, women
within the district who appear to him to be qualified and liable to serve as jurors; and those lists]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]
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F3S. 3 substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt II para. 4
F4Words substituted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 36:1), s. 23(1)
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F5S. 4 repealed by Juries Act 1949 (c. 27), Sch. 3
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F6Ss. 5, 6 repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29
[F8The Court of Session may by Act of Sederunt], specify the areas from which and the proportions in which jurors are to be summoned for trials in [F8that court], 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.]
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F7S. 7 substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt II para. 5
F8Words substituted by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 9 para. 1
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F9Ss. 8, 9 repealed by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt I
Provided always, that the sheriffs, in all returns of jurors made by them to any [F10civil court], shall take the names in regular order, beginning at the top of the lists [F11of potential jurors], in each of the [F12sheriff court] districts foresaid respectively, as required; and as often as any juror shall be returned to them, they shall mark or cause to be marked, in the said [F11lists]of their respective [F12sheriff court districts] . . . F13, the date when any such juror shall have been returned to serve; and in all such returns they shall commence with the name immediately after the last in the preceding return, without regard to the court to which the return was last made, and taking the subsequent names in the order in which they shall have been entered, as herein directed, and so to the end of the lists respectively.
Textual Amendments
F10Words substituted by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 9 para. 2
F11Words substituted by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73, SIF 36:1), ss. 23, 59(1), Sch. 2 para. 1
F12Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt II para 8
F13Words repealed by Juries Act 1949 (c. 27), Sch. 3
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F15S. 12 repealed by Juries Act 1949 (c. 27), Sch. 3
The lists returned as herein directed by the sheriffs to the clerks of court, and none other, shall be used for the several [F16civil jury] trials for which the same shall have been required.
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F16Words inserted by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 9 para. 3
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F18Ss. 15, 16, 18, 20 repealed by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt I
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F19S. 17 repealed by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt I and expressed to be repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
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F20Ss. 15, 16, 18, 20 repealed by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt I
The several [F22civil] courts foresaid shall respectively have power to excuse any one or more jurors from serving on any trial or trials, the grounds of such excuse being stated in open court.]
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F21S. 19repealed (S.) by Court of Session Act 1988 (c. 36, SIF 36:1), s. 52(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I
F22Word inserted by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 9 para. 4
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F23Ss. 15, 16, 18, 20 repealed by Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21), Sch. 10 Pt I
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F24S. 21 repealed by Treason Act 1945 (c. 44), Sch.
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F25S. 22 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1873 (c. 91)
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