# Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Section 41: Jury service: disabled persons.


After section 9A of the Juries Act 1974 there shall be inserted the following section—
“ Discharge of summonses to disabled persons only if incapable of acting effectively as a juror.
9B (1) Where it appears to the appropriate officer, in the case of a person attending in pursuance of a summons under this Act, that on account of physical disability there is doubt as to his capacity to act effectively as a juror, the person may be brought before the judge.
(2) The judge shall determine whether or not the person should act as a juror; but he shall affirm the summons unless he is of the opinion that the person will not, on account of his disability, be capable of acting effectively as a juror, in which case he shall discharge the summons.
(3) In this section “the judge” means any judge of the High Court or any Circuit judge or Recorder.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/33/section/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-public-order-act-1994/section-41
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