SERVICE OF SUMMONS OF JURORS REGULATIONS

SERVICE OF SUMMONS OF JURORS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 9.26

SERVICE OF SUMMONS

OF JURORS REGULATIONS

23rd October, 2020

LEGAL NOTICE 405 of 2020.

The title of these regulations is the Service of Summons

of Jurors Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires

"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

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

Jurors" shall be written in a clearly visible place.

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

officers of the courts shall

(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.