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Section 59: Absence of a juror

Courts Act · PART II: THE SUPREME COURT

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59. Absence of a juror (1) Where in the course of a trial, at any time prior to the delivery of the verdict, any juror for any sufficient cause is prevented from attending through the trial, or from further attendance at the time, or where any juror absents himself, and his further attendance cannot be immediately enforced, the Court may postpone the trial till the juror can attend, within a reasonable time. (2) Where the attendance of such juror cannot be procured within a reasonable time, the Court may direct that a juror shall be added, and the jury re-sworn, or that the jury shall be discharged and a new jury empanelled, and in either case the trial shall commence anew.

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