50Balloting for jury at coronial inquest

50 Balloting for jury at coronial inquest

50 Balloting for jury at coronial inquest

(1) The jury for any coronial inquest shall be selected by ballot in accordance with this section.

(2) At the inquest the coroner or a person appointed by the coroner for that purpose shall—

(a) place in a box provided for that purpose the cards provided under section 28 (3) in respect of that inquest, and

(b) draw out of that box those cards, one after another, and call out the identification numbers on those cards, until 6 persons appear.

(3) The 6 persons referred to in subsection (2) (b) shall, after being duly sworn, constitute the jury for the coronial inquest.

s 50: Am 1997 No 15, Sch 1 [13] [14].