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The summoning officer.
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29.—(1) All duties imposed by this Part of this Act on the summoning officer shall, in respect of jurors drawn from a jury district coterminous with or contained in a county or county borough in which at the passing of this Act the office of under-sheriff exists and is not vacant, be performed by the under-sheriff of such county or county borough until the office of such under-sheriff first becomes vacant after the passing of this Act and shall, in respect of jurors drawn from any other jury district and also in respect of jurors drawn from any such first-mentioned jury district after the office of under-sheriff of the county or county borough co-terminous with or containing such jury district first becomes vacant as aforesaid, be performed—
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(a) in relation to the summoning of jurors to attend the High Court, by the Master of the High Court, and
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(b) in relation to the summoning of jurors to attend the Chief Justice or an officer of the Chief Justice, by the Registrar to the Chief Justice, and
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(c) in relation to the summoning of jurors to attend the Central Criminal Court or the Circuit Court, by the county registrar for the time being acting as registrar of the Court to which the jurors are being summoned.
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(2) In this Part of this Act the expression “the summoning officer” means the officer who is in the circumstances and for the time being required by this section to perform the duties of the summoning officer, and references to the summoning officer for a jury district shall be construed as references to the officer who is in the circumstances and for the time being the summoning officer in respect of jurors drawn from that jury district.
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