Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008
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Amendment of First Schedule to Juries Act 1976. |
64.— The First Schedule to the Juries Act 1976 is amended— | |
(a) in Part I, by substituting— | ||
“Other persons | ||
Persons who have— | ||
(a) an incapacity to read, or | ||
(b) an enduring impairment, | ||
such that it is not practicable for them to perform the duties of a juror.” | ||
for— | ||
“Incapable persons | ||
A person who because of insufficient capacity to read, deafness or other permanent infirmity is unfit to serve on a jury.”, and | ||
(b) in Part II, by deleting “and under the age of seventy years”. |