Service of Summons of Jurors Regulations, 2020

L.N. 405 of 2020

CRIMINAL CODE

(CAP. 9)

Service of Summons of Jurors Regulations, 2020

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by sub-article (2) of

article 362 and sub-article (4) of article 608 of the Criminal Code, the

Minister for Justice, Equality and Governance has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Service of Summons of Citation.

Jurors Regulations, 2020.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Code" means the Criminal Code;

"Court" means the Criminal Court;

"Registrar" means the Registrar, Criminal Courts and Tribunals.

"summons" means the summons of jurors issues in accordance

with article 608 of the Code.

The service of the summons shall, unless the Court Service by post.

otherwise orders, be made through registered post, and there shall be

an application for advice of delivery when it is posted.

The summons to be served by post as aforementioned shall The summons

be enclosed in an envelope upon which the words "Summons of shall

enclosed in an

Jurors" shall be written in a clearly visible place.

envelope.

When the service is to be effected by post, the executive Duties of the

executive

officers of the courts shall

officers of the

courts.

(a) prepare a postal document necessary for that service

and present the relative envelope with the summons enclosed

inside it in the postal office;

(b) note in a registry specifically held for such purpose,

the particulars of the summons, the date of the summons, the

number given by the postal authorities to the envelope in which

the summons is enclosed for postage, and, if the service would

have taken place, the date of such service and the date of return

of the advice of delivery;

(c) make a certificate where it is stated whether the

summons took place or not, and if the summons did not take

place, the reason why it did not take place. In the certificate,

there shall also be the particulars of the notified person or the

person who refused service depending on the case;

(d) inform the Registrar whether the service took place or

not, and if it took place, the date of such service.

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