{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/20",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Lists of potential jurors.",
  "text": "In section 3 of the Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825 (sheriff principal to maintain lists of potential jurors)—\n(a) the existing provision shall become subsection (1);\n(b) in that subsection, for the word “designations” there shall be substituted “ addresses ”; and\n(c) after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsections—\n“(2) For the purpose of maintaining lists of potential jurors under subsection (1) above, a sheriff principal may require any person in the sheriff court district in question who appears to him to be qualified and liable to serve as a juror to provide such information, and in such form, as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe.\n(3) A statutory instrument containing an order by virtue of subsection (2) above shall be subject to annulment pursuant to a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(4) Any person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (2) above shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(5) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (4) above it is a defence to prove that he had reasonable excuse for the failure.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1825 c.22."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 wholly in force at 31.3.1996; s. 6 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 118(2); s. 6(c) in force for certain purposes at 5.3.1996 and s. 6 in force at 31.3.1996 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1996/517, art. 3, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/20/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:09.867874+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}