Section 59: Absence of a juror
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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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