Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 607

607. (1) Any person who is not quali fied or liable to serve as a juror, or who may have special reasons for asking to be exempte d from serving as a juror, may bring the matter before the court, by means of an application to be fi led within four days after the service of the writ mentioned in the next following article. Court to examine application. (2) The court shall examine the application and, if it deems the reason alleged to be good, shall order the registrar to cancel the name of such person, and to substitute therefor the name of ano ther person. Substitution of jurors. (3) Any other person who, on account of absence or for any other reason, cannot be summoned shall be substituted by anothe r. Posting up of list of substituted jurors. (4) A list containing the names of the substituted persons shall be posted up at the door of the hall in which the court sits at least twenty-four hours before the tria l for which such persons shall have been summoned, either as foremen or as common jurors. Application for exemption by substituted jurors. (5) Any application by any such substituted person who is not qualified or liable to serve as juror or has a good reason to b e exempted from serving as a juror shall be determined by the cou rt CRIMINAL CODE [CAP. 9. 383 on the day of the hearing of the cause before the reading out o f the indictment. (6) In the case of a person referred to in article 604, a reques t not to serve as a juror may be made by means of a letter addres sed to the registrar, and such lette r shall be deemed to be an appl ication for all purposes of this article. (7) Before exempting a person f r o m s e r v i n g a s a j u r o r a s provided in sub-articles (2) and (5) and in article 611(5), the court may require to hear on oath the person requesting such exemptio n. Summoning of jurors. Amended by: IV .1856.47; V .1868.37; XII.1913.24; III.2002.148.