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Recovery of fines on jurors.
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51.—(1) All fines imposed on jurors under this Act shall be recovered in the same manner as fines imposed by the District Court are for the time being recoverable and all enactments for the time being in force in relation to the recovery of fines imposed by the District Court shall apply to the recovery of fines imposed on jurors under this Act with the substitution of the Court by which such fines are imposed for the District Court, and all such fines when recovered shall be paid into the Exchequer.
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(2) Whenever a fine is imposed on a juror under this Act the master, registrar, or other principal officer of the court or judge by whom the fine was imposed shall forthwith send by post to such juror at his address stated in the panel in which his name appeared when such fine was imposed, a notice in the prescribed form informing him of the imposition of such fine and the opportunity afforded him by this section of obtaining remission thereof, and such juror may within five days after the imposition of such fine apply in person or by letter to such principal officer for a remission of such fine on such grounds as he thinks fit to put forward.
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(3) Such principal officer shall bring every application for remission of a fine made to him under this section to the notice of the judge by whom such fine was imposed or, if such judge is not then in office, to his successor and such judge or his successor (as the case may be) may, if in his opinion justice so requires, remit or reduce such fine either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he thinks proper.
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(4) No fine imposed on a juror under this Act shall be recoverable before the expiration of the period of five days allowed by this section for applying for remission thereof.
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