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### 40 Discharge of juror by court
> The court, during a trial, may discharge a juror without discharging the whole jury if –
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> > > (a) [*\[Section 40 Amended by No. 13 of 2012, s. 36, Applied:30 May 2012\]*](/view/html/inforce/2012-05-30/act-2012-013#GS36@EN) the court suspects on reasonable grounds that the juror may not be able to consider the case impartially; or
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> > > (b) the juror becomes incapable of continuing to act as a juror; or
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> > > (c) the juror becomes ill or dies; or
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> > > (d) it appears to the court that, for any other reason, the juror should not continue to act as a juror.