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S.I. No. 30/1955 - Jury Summonses Order, 1955
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the Jury Summonses Order, 1955.
2. The
Interpretation Act, 1937
(No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
3. The forms set out in the Schedule are hereby prescribed for the purposes of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945.
4.—(1) The record to be kept by a summoning officer for the purposes of subsection (4) of
section 44
of the
Juries Act, 1927
, shall be a copy of the panel stamped by the Post Office receiving the summonses for delivery by prepaid registered post to the jurors on the panel and marked by the summoning officer to indicate the receipt by him of every such summons which is returned to him without being delivered.
(2) A copy of the panel so stamped and marked and endorsed with the certificate of the summoning officer duly completed in the form set out in paragraph (3) shall be evidence of the due posting of every such summons and of the return undelivered of any summons so returned.
(3) The certificate of the summoning officer shall be in the following form
" I certify that a jury summons was sent by prepaid registered post, on the date and from the post office indicated by the Post Office stamp hereon, to each juror named in this panel and that the summons sent to any juror indicated by the mark ' R.S. ' was returned to me without being delivered.
Dated this ___________ day of _________
Summoning Officer "
The words following " panel " may be omitted if not applicable.
(4) This Article applies to the High Court and the Central Criminal Court and to the Circuit Court sitting at any place in the Dublin Circuit.
5. The following orders made by the Minister for Justice on the 11th day of January, 1947, under
section 69
of the
Juries Act, 1927
, are hereby revoked
(
a
) an Order prescribing the forms of jury summonses ;
(
b
) an Order prescribing forms informing jurors of the imposition of fines for non-attendance.
SCHEDULE.
Form No. 1.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
REQUISITION FOR JURORS.
To
In pursuance of the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, I hereby require you as empanelling officer(s) to prepare and return to me not less than ten days before the day of , 19 , being the commencement of Sittings of the High Court of Justice at during which Jurors will be required to be in attendance in the said Court, a panel of Jurors to attend in the said Court on the said day at o'clock in the forenoon and thereafter from day to day continuously as occasion may require during the said Sittings.
Dated this day of ,19 .
Form No. 2.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
JURY SUMMONS.
Number on Jury Panel :........................
To
Name ............................................................ ...........................
Address ............................................................ ..........................
............................................................ ..........................
Occupation ............................................................ .....................
You are hereby required, pursuant to the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, to attend as a Juror at the on the day of , 19 , at o'clock in the forenoon at the Sittings of the High Court of Justice in , and thereafter from day to day continuously until discharged by the Court.
Form No. 3.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
(LUNACY JURISDICTION)
JURY SUMMONS.
Number on Jury Panel : .................
To
Name ............................................................ ...........................
Address ............................................................ ..........................
............................................................ ..........................
Occupation ............................................................ .....................
You are hereby required, pursuant to the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, to attend as a Juror at the , on the day of , 19 , at o'clock in the forenoon at an Inquiry to be held under a Commission de Lunatico Inquirendo in and thereafter from day to day continuously until discharged by the Court.
Registrar of Wards of Court.
Form No. 4.
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
JURY SUMMONS.
Number on Jury Panel : .................................
To
Name ............................................................ ...........................
Address ............................................................ ..........................
............................................................ ..........................
Occupation ............................................................ .....................
You are hereby required, pursuant to the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, to attend as a Juror at the on the day of , 19 ,at o'clock in the forenoon at the Sittings of the Central Criminal Court in , and thereafter from day to day continuously until discharged by the Court.
Sheriff or County Registrar.
Form No. 5.
CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICE.
JURY SUMMONS.
Number on Jury Panel :.................................
Name ............................................................ ...........................
Address ............................................................ ..........................
............................................................ ..........................
Occupation ............................................................ .....................
You are hereby required, pursuant to the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, to attend as a Juror at the on the day of , 19 , at o'clock in the forenoon at the Sittings of the Circuit Court of Justice in , and thereafter from day to day continuously until discharged by the Court.
Sheriff or County Registrar.
Form No. 6.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
Address
Date
IMPOSITION OF FINE FOR NON-ATTENDANCE AS JUROR.
To
Name ............................................................ ..........................
Address ............................................................ .........................
............................................................ .........................
Number on Jury Panel : ........................
I have to inform you that, under the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, you have this day been fined the sum of £3 (Three Pounds) by for non-attendance as a Juror.
After the expiration of five days from the date of this Notice, a Warrant will issue against you for the recovery of the amount of the said fine, unless it is previously paid, or unless within the said five days you apply in person or by letter to the undersigned for a remission on such grounds as you think fit to put forward and such remission is granted.
Form No. 7.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE.
(LUNACY JURISDICTION)
Address
Date
IMPOSITION OF FINE FOR NON-ATTENDANCE AS JUROR.
To
Name ............................................................ ..........................
Address ............................................................ .........................
............................................................ .........................
Number on Jury Panel : ..................................
I have to inform you that, under the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, you have this day been fined the sum of £3 (Three Pounds) by for non-attendance as a Juror.
After the expiration of five days from the date of this Notice, a Warrant will issue against you for the recovery of the amount of the said fine, unless it is previously paid, or unless you apply within the said five days in person or by letter to the undersigned for a remission on such grounds as you think fit to put forward and such remission is granted.
Registrar of Wards of Court.
Form No. 8.
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
Address
Date
IMPOSITION OF FINE FOR NON-ATTENDANCE AS JUROR.
To
Name ............................................................ ..........................
Address ............................................................ .........................
............................................................ .........................
Number on Jury Panel : ............................
I have to inform you that, under the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, you have this day been fined the sum of £3 (Three Pounds) by the Honorable for non-attendance as a Juror.
After the expiration of five days from the date of this Notice, a Warrant will issue against you for the recovery of the said fine, unless it is previously paid, or unless you apply within the said five days in person or by letter to the undersigned for a remission on such grounds as you think fit to put forward and such remission is granted.
County Registrar.
Form No. 9.
CIRCUIT COURT OF JUSTICE.
Address
Date
IMPOSITION OF FINE FOR NON-ATTENDANCE AS JUROR.
To
Name ............................................................ ..........................
Address ............................................................ .........................
............................................................ .........................
Number on Jury Panel : ........................
I have to inform you that, under the provisions of the Juries Acts, 1927 and 1945, you have this day been fined the sum of £3 (Three Pounds) by His Honor Judge for non-attendance as a Juror.
After the expiration of five days from the date of this Notice, a Warrant will issue against you for the recovery of the said fine, unless it is previously paid, or unless you apply within the said five days in person or by letter to the undersigned for a remission on such grounds as you think fit to put forward and such remission is granted.
County Registrar
Form No. 10.
GARDA SIOCHANA.
LIST OF JURORS SUMMONED.
County........................ Court........................
Name
Profession or employment
Residence
Date of service
Manner of service
Remarks
To form Books, Sheets (placed one on the other) are to be sewn into a cover through this space.
GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of February, 1955.
JAMES EVERETT,
Minister for Justice.
S.I. No. 30 of 1955.
JURY SUMMONSES ORDER, 1955
I, JAMES EVERETT, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 69
of the
Juries Act, 1927
(No. 23 of 1927), and, in relation to matters prescribed for the purposes of section 44 of that Act, after consultation with the President of the High Court, the President of the Circuit Court and the other Judge assigned to the Dublin Circuit, hereby order as follows