Summoning jurors on panel

(1) The Registrar shall, not less than seven days before the first day of every sitting of the court in its criminal jurisdiction, summon, in the form of the Third Schedule, every juror whose name appears on any jury panel to be and appear at the sitting of the court to which the panel relates, Provided that the Registrar shall summon the jurors on a panel struck and made out pursuant to an order of court directing the trial of an issue between the Crown and an accused person with a special jury immediately after the striking and making out of that panel, to be and appear at that trial to which that panel relates. (2) If any of the persons on any panel dies, or is too ill to travel, or cannot be found for service, other jurors shall be drawn in like manner until the panel is completed and the proper number of jurors summoned. (3) A summons to attend the court shall be served on a juror either by delivering it to him personally or by leaving it with some adult member of his family or household at his 22 Juries residence or most usual place of abode, with an explanation of its nature and purport. (4) Every juror summoned pursuant to this section shall be liable to serve in both civil and criminal causes. (5) Without prejudice to the manner of serving process provided for by section 72 of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, Cap. 91, any member of the police department may serve summonses on jurors, and at the request of the Registrar, the Commissioner of Police or the person for the time being in charge of any police station shall direct any police officer to serve any summons upon a juror.