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23 1927

JURIES ACT, 1927

PART III.

Jurors Lists.

Preparation of draft jurors lists.

13. —(1) On or after the 15th day of November in every year and before the next following 29th day of January every secretary of a county council, town clerk of a county or other borough, and clerk of an urban district shall prepare in accordance with this Act a draft jurors list for the county, borough, or district (as the case may be) and shall complete such draft jurors list and send the same to the county registrar having jurisdiction in such county, borough, or district on or before the said 29th day of January.

(2) For the purpose of the preparation of the draft jurors list every such secretary, town clerk, and clerk shall cause a house to house or other sufficient inquiry to be made by the poor rate collectors in his county, borough, or district and it shall be the duty of every such poor rate collector to make such inquiry and also to make such other inquiries for and to give such assistance in the preparation of the draft jurors list as shall be required of him by such secretary, town clerk, or clerk.

Form and contents of draft jurors lists.

14. —(1) Every draft jurors list shall be in the prescribed form and every county registrar shall on demand furnish to every secretary of a county council, town clerk of a county or other borough, and clerk of an urban district in his area a sufficient number of printed forms of draft jurors lists for the preparation of any draft jurors list to be prepared by such secretary, town clerk, or clerk under this Act.

(2) There shall be entered in every draft jurors list the names of all persons who by reason of being themselves rated or by reason of their wives being rated for the relief of the poor in respect of land in the county, borough, or district to which the list relates are qualified and liable to serve as jurors and are not exempt or disqualified from so serving, and there shall also be entered in every draft jurors list the last known place of abode and the trade, profession, calling, or description of every person whose name is entered in such list and also the situation, description, and rateable value of the land in respect of which such person is so qualified and liable.

(3) Whenever the person preparing a draft jurors list is uncertain for any reason whether the name of any particular person should or should not be entered in such list, he shall enter such name in such list together with a statement of such uncertainty and the reason therefor.

(4) The names entered in the draft jurors list, for any county, county or other borough, or urban district shall be entered and arranged in such list in the like manner and order as the names entered in the electors lists for such county, borough, or district are required by the law for the time being in force to be entered and arranged in those lists.

Revision and settlement of draft jurors lists.

15. —(1) On or before the 1st day of June, 1927, every county registrar shall revise and settle the last general lists of jurors for the registration area of which he is registration officer furnished to him under the Juries Acts, 1871 to 1924, and in so revising and settling such lists shall omit therefrom the names of all persons who by virtue of this Act or any order made thereunder before the said 1st day of June, 1927, are not qualified and liable to serve as jurors or are disqualified for or exempt from so serving and shall so settle such lists that (save in respect of the said omissions and the insertion of the names and other particulars of those exempted persons who become entitled under this Act to have their names inserted therein) the same are in accordance with the register of electors for the said registration area required to be published by him on or before the said 1st day of June, 1927, and (save as aforesaid) contain the name of every person who is entered in such register of electors as qualified and liable for and not disqualified for or exempt from service as a juror and the name of no other person.

(2) The general lists of jurors for any registration area when settled in accordance with the foregoing sub-section shall (subject to any alterations subsequently made therein under this Act) be the jurors list in force for the purposes of this Act for such registration area for one year from the said 1st day of June, 1927.

(3) On or before the 1st day of June in the year 1928 and in every subsequent year every county registrar shall revise and finally settle the draft jurors lists for the registration area of which he is the registration officer and shall so settle such lists that (save for the insertion of the names and other particulars of those exempted persons who become entitled under this Act to have their names inserted therein) the same are in accordance with the register of electors for the said registration area required to be published by him on or before the 1st day of June in the year then current and contain the name of every person who is entered in such register of electors as qualified and liable for and not disqualified for or exempt from service as a juror and the name of no other person.

(4) The draft jurors lists for any registration area when revised and settled in accordance with the foregoing sub-section shall (subject to any alterations subsequently made therein under this Act) be the jurors list in force for the purposes of this Act for such registration area for one year from the 1st day of June in the year in which such revision and settlement takes place.

Inclusion of certain exempted persons in jurors' lists on request.

16. —(1) Any person qualified and liable to serve as a juror but exempt from so serving by reason only of being included amongst the persons mentioned in Part II. of the First Schedule to this Act may apply in the prescribed form in any year at the time mentioned in this section to the county registrar for the area co-terminous with or including (as the case may be) the jury district in respect of which he is so qualified and liable that his name be inserted in the general lists of jurors or the draft jurors' lists (as the case may require) then being revised under this Act by such county registrar, and such county registrar, if satisfied that such person is qualified and liable to serve as a juror in respect of a jury district co-terminous with or included in his area and is exempted from so serving only by reason of being included amongst the persons mentioned in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act, shall insert in such general lists of jurors or draft jurors' lists (as the case may be) the name of such person, his place of abode, his trade, profession, calling, or description and the situation, description, and rateable value of the land in respect of which he is so qualified and liable as if he was not so exempted, and thereupon such person shall become and be qualified and liable to serve as a juror in respect of such jury district when and so long as the jurors' list derived from such general lists of jurors or draft jurors' lists is in force.

(2) Applications under this section in respect of the general lists of jurors revised in the year 1927 shall be made before the 28th day of May, 1927, and applications made under this section in respect of draft jurors' lists revised in any subsequent year shall be made before the 15th day of May in such year.

Expenses in relation to draft jurors lists.

17. —(1) Save as is hereinafter otherwise provided, there shall be paid to every county registrar and to every secretary of a county council, town clerk of a county or other borough and clerk of an urban district and to every poor rate collector in every year as remuneration for services rendered by him and as recoupment of expenses (if any) incurred by him under this Act in relation to draft jurors lists a sum calculated in accordance with the appropriate scale appointed under this section and for the time being in force.

(2) The sums payable to county registrars, secretaries, town clerks, and clerks and to poor rate collectors under this section shall be paid, in the case of a county and of every borough and urban district in such county, by the council of such county out of the poor rate as a county-at-large charge and, in the case of a county borough, by the council of such county borough out of the rate or fund out of which the general expenses of such council are paid or out of any other rate or fund which the Minister for Local Government and Public Health may, on the application of the council approve.

(3) The Minister may by order make and when made revoke or vary scales for calculating the sums to be paid to county registrars, secretaries of county councils, town clerks of county and other boroughs, clerks of urban districts, and poor rate collectors under this section, and unless and until such scales are so made such sums shall be calculated according to the last scales made before the passing of this Act under section 9 of the Juries Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1876.

(4) Sub-section (3) of section 39 of the Court Officers Act, 1926 (No. 27 of 1926) shall apply to sums paid to and received by county registrars under this section in like manner as that sub-section applies to sums paid to and received by county registrars by virtue of the said section 39 .

(5) No sum shall be paid under this section, whether as remuneration or as recoupment of expenses, to any secretary of a county council, town clerk of a county or other borough, clerk of an urban district, or poor rate collector appointed (whether before or after the passing of this Act) after the 15th day of November, 1923.