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Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1976
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23. Section 12 of the Act of 1976 is amended—
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(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) A relevant member of staff authorised in that behalf by the Chief Executive Officer of the Courts Service shall cause a summons in writing and in both the Irish and English languages, in such form as the Minister may by regulations prescribe, to be served on every person who has been selected as a juror pursuant to section 11 requiring the person—
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(a) to attend as a juror at the court in question or other place specified in the summons for the reception of jurors on the day and at the time specified in the summons, and
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(b) to thereafter attend at that court or place, as the case may be, or such other court or place as the court may direct, at such times as are directed by—
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(i) the court, or
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(ii) a relevant member of staff, where the member of staff is authorised to do so by the court.”,
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and
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(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “the county registrar for the jury district in which the court in question is located” for “the county registrar”.
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