SCHEDULE 2CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES 1996

PART IIISolemn proceedings

CHAPTER 13SUMMONING OF JURORS

List of jurors13.1

The clerk of the court before which the trial is to take place, in preparing a list of jurors for the trial diet for the purposes of section 84(1) of the Act of 1995, shall have regard, in determining the number of jurors to be listed, to the powers of postponing or adjourning any trial diet exercisable by the court under the following provisions of the Act of 1995:—

  • section 73(5) (postponement of trial diet at preliminary diet),

  • section 74(3) (postponement of trial diet in appeals in connection with first diets or preliminary diets),

  • section 76(3) (postponement of trial diet where not guilty plea not accepted),

  • section 80 (alteration and postponement of trial diet).