Rule 13.1 List of jurorsF1

Scotland

(1)

A list of jurors shall–

(a)

contain not less than F240 names;

(b)

be prepared under the directions of the clerk of court before which the trial is to take place;

(c)

be kept at the office of the sheriff clerk of the district in which the court of the trial diet is situated; and

(d)

be headed “List of Assize for the sitting of the High Court of Justiciary (or the sheriff court of.at.) on the.of.”.

(2)

The clerk of the court before which the trial is to take place, in preparing a list of jurors for the trial diet, shall have regard, in determining the number of jurors to be listed, to the powers of altering the date of or adjourning any trial diet exercisable under the following provisions of the Act of 1995:–

section 74(3) (postponement of trial diet in appeals in connection with first diets or preliminary hearings),
section 75A (adjournment and alteration of diets),
section 76(3) (postponement where not guilty plea accepted).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 rule 13.1 substituted (1.2.2005) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment) (Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004) 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/44), paras. 1(1), 2(14) (with para. 2(2)-(4))
F2: Word in Sch. 2 rule 13.1(1)(a) substituted (1.6.2010) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/184), paras. 1(1), 2(1) (with para. 2(2))