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36 Procedure for selecting jury in criminal trials
S. 36(1) substituted by No. 38/2017 s. 10.
(1) After the procedure set out in section 32 has been completed in a criminal trial, the proper officer must select persons from the panel and call out—
(a) the identifying number and occupation of those persons; or
(b) if a direction has been made under section 30A(2), the name and occupation of those persons and, if there are 2 or more persons with the same name and occupation, their identifying number—
until the required number, after allowing for all challenges for cause that have been upheld and each arraigned person's right of challenge under section 39, is selected.
(2) The persons selected are the jury to try the issues in the trial.