Juries Act, 1945

Performance of certain jury duties by Registrar of Wards of Court.

8.—(1) This section applies to the following duties so far as they relate to jurors required for the jurisdiction of the High Court in lunacy matters, that is to say:—

(a) the duties for the performance of which provision is made by subsection (1) of section 29 of the Principal Act;

(b) the duties for the performance of which provision is made by subsection (1) of section 30 of the Principal Act;

(c) the duties mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) of section 36 of the Principal Act;

(d) the duties mentioned in section 63 of the Principal Act (as amended by section 5 of this Act) as being imposed on the proper officer.

(2) On and after the 1st day of September, 1945, and notwithstanding anything contained in Part V of the Principal Act—

(a) the duties to which this section applies shall be performed by the Registrar of Wards of Court,

(b) in Part V of the Principal Act the expression “the summoning officer” shall, where appropriate, mean the Registrar of Wards of Court, and

(c) where a panel of jurors required for the jurisdiction of the High Court in lunacy matters is delivered or sent in pursuance of paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section 34 or subsection (4) of section 36 of the Principal Act, such panel shall be delivered or sent to the Registrar of Wards of Court.