Juries (Dublin) Act, 1926

Formation of jury panels.

2.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act it shall continue to be the duty of the city under-sheriff and of the county under-sheriff respectively to apply for a precept for the summons and return of jurors on the like occasions and in the like manner as heretofore, but the precept issued in pursuance of any such application by either such under-sheriff shall be addressed to both the said under-sheriffs and a copy of such precept shall be given or sent to whichever of the said under-sheriffs did not apply for the precept.

(2) Every precept issued under the foregoing sub-section of this section shall be expressed and shall operate to require the city under-sheriff and the county under-sheriff jointly to summon and return in the manner prescribed by this Act a sufficient number of special jurors and of common jurors or of special jurors or of common jurors (as the case may require) for the purposes mentioned in such precept.

(3) On the receipt of a precept or a copy of a precept (as the case may be) issued under this section the city under-sheriff and the county under-sheriff shall confer and agree as to the number of special jurors (if any) and the number of common jurors (if any) to be summoned and returned pursuant to such precept.

(4) If such precept requires any special jurors to be summoned, and returned, the city under-sheriff shall then select in the manner heretofore in use from the special jurors book for the city of Dublin a number of names equal to one-half the number of special jurors so agreed upon as aforesaid and at the same time the county under-sheriff shall select in the manner heretofore in use from the special jurors book for the county of Dublin a like number of names but in selecting such names the county under-sheriff shall omit all names of persons whose addresses are not in any of the urban districts specified in the Schedule to this Act, and the said under-sheriffs shall then in the manner heretofore in use or as near thereto as conveniently may be include all the names so selected by them respectively in a single panel of special jurors.

(5) If such precept requires any common jurors to be summoned and returned, the city under-sheriff shall then select in the manner heretofore in use from the general jurors book for the city of Dublin a number of names equal to one-half the number of common jurors so agreed upon as aforesaid and at the same time the county under-sheriff shall select in the manner heretofore in use from the general jurors book for the county of Dublin a like number of names but in selecting such names the county under-sheriff shall omit all names of persons whose addresses are not in any of the urban districts specified in the Schedule to this Act, and the said under-sheriffs shall then in the manner heretofore in use or as near thereto as conveniently may be include all the names so selected by them respectively in a single panel of common jurors.

(6) The said under-sheriffs shall then make a joint return to the said precept and shall thereby return the single panel (if any) of special jurors and the single panel (if-any) of common jurors so prepared by them as aforesaid.

(7) The jurors whose names are included in a panel returned under this section shall be summoned to attend and serve in court by the city under-sheriff in the case of jurors whose names were selected from a jurors book for the city of Dublin and by the county under-sheriff in the case of jurors whose names were selected from a jurors book for the county of Dublin.