Criminal Procedure
(Tirage) Rules 2002[1]
Official
Consolidated Version
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Criminal Procedure
(Tirage) Rules 2002
THE
SUPERIOR NUMBER OF THE ROYAL COURT, in pursuance of Article 29(1) of the Loi (1864) réglant la procédure criminelle, orders as follows –
Commencement
[see endnotes]
1
In these Rules the “Law” means the Loi
(1864) réglant la procedure criminelle.
2
The état nominatif furnished by each Connétable to the Viscount in accordance
with Article 1 of the Loi (1912) sur la Procédure devant la Cour
Royale, shall –
(a) be forwarded in an
electronic form approved from time to time by the Viscount; and
(b) contain –
(i) the
surname,
(ii) the
title (Mr. Mrs. Miss etc.),
(iii) the first
name or names,
(iv) the maiden
name (if applicable),
(v) the
date of birth,
(vi) the address
(including the Parish and postcode),
of each person whose name appears on the état
nominatif.
3
The information contained in the état
nominatif shall be entered on the tableau
général drawn up in accordance
with Article 12 of the Law and shall be entered on a computer system.
4
At the holding of the tirage
pursuant to Article 28 of the Law, one of the Jurats shall activate the
computer system so that it generates at random –
(a) 40 of the numbers (numéros d’ordre) from the tableau général; and
(b) 20 further such numbers
or such other number as the Viscount considers necessary for the formation of a
jury.
5
From the 40 numbers generated in accordance with Rule 4(a) shall
be constituted a primary list of the names of persons able to be summoned for
jury service.
6
From such numbers as are generated in accordance with Rule 4(b)
shall be constituted a secondary list of the names of persons who may be
summoned for jury service if the primary list of persons able to be summoned
may be insufficient to form a full panel of eligible jurors.
7
If both the primary list and the secondary list of persons able to
be summoned may be insufficient to form a full panel of eligible jurors, the
Bailiff may order the Viscount to convene a supplementary tirage to be conducted in accordance with the foregoing provisions of
these Rules in order to constitute an additional list of the names of persons
able to be summoned for jury service and, for this purpose, the reference in Rule
4(a) to 40 numbers shall be construed as a reference to such number as the
Viscount considers sufficient to form a full panel of eligible jurors, and
Rules 4(b) and 6 shall not apply.
8
These Rules may be cited as the Criminal Procedure (Tirage)
Rules 2002.