Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022
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Selection of jury from panel | ||
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57. (1) The selection of persons empanelled as jurors to serve on the jury at a Stardust inquest shall be made by the coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin by balloting in public at the inquest. | ||
(2) Before the selection is begun the coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin shall— | ||
(a) warn the jurors present that they must not serve if they are ineligible or disqualified and as to the penalty under section 62 for doing so, and | ||
(b) he or she shall invite any person who knows that he or she is not qualified to serve or who is in doubt as to whether he or she is qualified or who may have an interest in or connection with the Stardust inquest concerned to communicate the fact to the coroner (either orally or otherwise as the coroner may direct or authorise) if he or she is selected on the ballot. | ||
(3) The jury at a Stardust inquest shall be sworn by or before the coroner. | ||
(4) The foreperson shall be such member as the jurors shall choose and the choice shall be made at such time as the coroner for the district of Dublin may direct or, in the absence of a direction, before the jury return their verdict or make any other communication to the coroner. |