Juries Act, 1961

Juries for Circuit Court sitting in a county.

4.—(1) Every criminal issue which is triable with a jury by a judge of the Circuit Court sitting in a county shall be triable with a jury called from a panel of jurors drawn from—

(a) in case an order under this section specifying a jury district or jury districts in the county for the purposes of this subsection is for the time being in force, the jury district or jury districts so specified, and

(b) in any other case, the county,

and no such issue shall be tried by such judge so sitting with any other jury.

(2) Where there are two or more jury districts in a county, the Minister may by order from time to time, as and when he shall think fit, specify a jury district or jury districts in the county for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section and may at any time, as and when he shall think fit, by order revoke or vary such order.

(3) Every civil issue which is triable with a jury by a judge of the Circuit Court sitting in a county shall be triable with a jury called from a panel of jurors drawn from the jury district in which such judge is sitting at the time of the trial, and no such issue shall be tried by such judge so sitting with any other jury.