Section 57: Jurors to know English

57. Jurors to know English (1) No person who has made an oath or affirmation that he is not sufficiently acquainted with the English language to serve as a juror shall be called upon to act as a juror in any criminal case, nor shall the name of that person be inserted by the Master and Registrar in the Jury Book compiled by him, so long as such person continues not to be sufficiently conversant with the English language to serve as a juror. (2) A Judge in Chambers may, ex officio, direct the Master and Registrar to re-insert, and it shall also be competent for the Master and Registrar, ex officio to re-insert, in the Jury List of any year, the name of any person under subsection (1), who, there is reason to believe, has become sufficiently conversant with the English language to serve as a juror. [S. 57 amended by Act 29 of 1992.] C54 – 15 [Issue 1] Courts Act