Juries Act, 1961

Juries for High Court, Central Criminal Court and commission de lunatico inquirendo sitting in a county.

3.—(1) Every issue, whether civil or criminal, which is triable with a jury by the High Court or a judge thereof sitting in a county or by a commissioner under a commission de lunatico inquirendo so sitting and every issue which is triable by the Central Criminal Court so sitting 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 Court, judge, or commissioner 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.