Juries Act, 1927

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Preparation of jurors summonses.

40.—(1) It shall be the duty of the summoning officer to prepare, immediately after the completion or the receipt (as the case may be) by him of a panel of jurors, a summons for each juror on the panel, every such summons being addressed to the juror for whom it is intended by his name, address, and description as stated in the panel.

(2) When all such summonses in relation to any particular panel have been prepared by the summoning officer he shall (unless such summonses are by virtue of this Act to be served by post) deliver all such summonses together with a copy of the panel to the principal officer of the Gárda Síochána in the city or town in which the office of such summoning officer is situate.

(3) When all such summonses in relation to any particular panel have been prepared by the summoning officer and such summonses are by virtue of this Act to be served by post, the summoning officer shall proceed to serve such summons by post in the manner hereinafter directed.

(4) Whenever a panel consists of jurors drawn from two or more jury districts for which different persons are the summoning officer, the duties imposed by this section on the summoning officer shall be performed in respect of the jurors drawn from each such jury district by the officer who is the summoning officer for that jury district.