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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1980/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1980/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/55",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-miscellaneous-provisions-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Offences in connection with jury service.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, a person who—\n(a) having been required to provide information under section 3(2) of the Jurors (Scotland) Act 1825 or cited to attend for jury service, falsely claims to be a person excusable as of rights from such service shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale;\n(b) knowing that he is a person ineligible, or not qualified, for jury service, serves on a jury shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; or\n(c) knowing that he is a person disqualified from jury service, serves on a jury shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a person ineligible for jury service by reason of being among the persons listed in Group C of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(1)(a) inserted (10.1.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 95(4), 206(1); S.S.I. 2010/413, art. 2(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/55/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:07.643842+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."
}