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Article 17 Restrictions on right of challenge

Northern Ireland

(1)

F1. . . Want of qualification shall not be a cause of challenge to any person whose name is on the Jurors List.

(2)

No challenge shall be taken to any juror on the ground that he was not duly summoned.

(3)

For the purposes of any proceedings to be had before a jury, the Jurors List from which the jurors have been empanelled shall be conclusively presumed to have been prepared in accordance with this Order.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 17(1) repealed (1.8.2007) by Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007 (c. 6), ss. 10(2), 50, 53(4)(5), Sch. 2 para. 2(4), Sch. 7; S.I. 2007/2045, art. 2(2)

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

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Order: functions transferred from Lord Chancellor to Department of Justice (12.4.2010) by Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), arts. 1(2), 15(1), Sch. 17 para. 45 (with arts. 15(6), 28-31); S.I. 2010/977, art. 1(2)