Partiality of Registrar and effect of irregularity on trial

(1) If the Registrar in any way acts partially in regulating any Jurors’ Book or in selecting and summoning any jurors, he shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction on indictment be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars. (2) No trial shall be rendered invalid, or the verdict therein be liable to be challenged, by reason only that there has been any irregularity in the preparation of any jury list or improper conduct on the part of any person discharging any duty with respect thereto prior to the empanelling of the jury to try the case, if the panel of jurors was struck from a Jurors’ Book purporting to have been prepared under and in accordance with this Act.