# Juries Act 1949, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to provide for the making of payments in respect of jury service in Great Britain; to abolish special juries in Great Britain except in commercial causes tried in London; to abolish the privilege of landed persons in relation to jury trial in Scotland; to empower the Parliament of Northern Ireland to make laws providing for the payment of jurors in His Majesty’s High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland and the abolition of special juries in that Court; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[26th April 1949]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/27/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/juries-act-1949/introduction
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