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Calling over of panel.
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46.—(1) Whenever a panel of jurors has been summoned to attend a Court during any sittings the registrar of that Court shall, on the day in that sittings and at the time on that day on and at which such jurors have been so summoned, call over in open court the names of the jurors entered on such panel and every such juror if then and there present shall answer his name when it is called.
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(2) On the calling over pursuant to the foregoing sub-section of the names entered in a panel of jurors the registrar shall make on the panel opposite the name of every juror entered therein an entry stating whether such juror did or did not answer his name when called.
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(3) Every juror who on any such calling over answers his name when called shall be deemed to have been duly summoned to attend as a juror on that occasion.
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(4) At the conclusion of every such calling over the names of the jurors who did not answer on such calling over shall be called over again and as each juror's name is called, unless he then answers, evidence shall be given of the service of the jurors summons on him and the Judge, if satisfied that such summons was duly served, shall impose on such juror a fine of three pounds unless he is satisfied that there was a reasonable and sufficient cause for the non-attendance of such juror.
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(5) If a juror answers his name on the second calling over pursuant to the foregoing sub-section the same consequences shall ensue as if he had answered his name on the first calling over.
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(6) If on any such second calling over a juror does not answer his name and the Judge is not satisfied that he was duly served with a jurors summons the registrar shall enter the words “not served” on the panel opposite the name of such juror and shall communicate the fact of such non-service to the empanelling officer by whom the panel was prepared and the name of such juror shall for all purposes be deemed never to have been entered in the panel and the necessary corrections shall be made in the jurors book from which such juror's name was taken but the validity of the panel shall not thereby be prejudiced or affected.
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(7) If on any such second calling over a juror does not answer his name and the Judge is satisfied that there was a reasonable and sufficient cause for the non-attendance of such juror, the Judge shall exempt such juror from attendance as a juror during the whole or such part as the Judge shall think fit of the sittings.
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