ACT OF SEDERUNT REGULATING THE PROCEDURE UNDER THE SEX DISQUALIFICATION (REMOVAL) ACT, 1919 (9 & 10 GEO. 5. C. 71), WITH REFERENCE TO JURY TRIALS IN THE COURT OF SESSION AND IN THE SHERIFF COURT, AND TO FATAL ACCIDENT ENQUIRIES.
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1921/214 |
1921 No. 214 (S. 16)
SESSION, COURT OF, SCOTLAND
(4) Women Jurors
ACT OF SEDERUNT REGULATING THE PROCEDURE UNDER THE SEX DISQUALIFICATION (REMOVAL) ACT, 1919 (9 & 10 GEO. 5. C. 71), WITH REFERENCE TO JURY TRIALS IN THE COURT OF SESSION AND IN THE SHERIFF COURT, AND TO FATAL ACCIDENT ENQUIRIES.Edinburgh, 5th February, 1921.
The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, 1919, and the Jurors (Enrolment of Women) (Scotland) Act, 1920, and of all other powers vested in them, do hereby enact, provide and declare as follows, viz.:—
1. Any application by the parties or any of them under Section 1 (b) of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, 1919, shall be made by motion—
(a) In the case of an action tried by jury in the Court of Session or in the Sheriff Court, at the time when a date is appointed for the trial, or, if a new trial is ordered, at the time when a date is appointed for such new trial;
(b) In the case of a petition under the Fatal Accidents Enquiry (Scotland) Act, 1895, at the time when the Order directing a public enquiry and specifying the time at which the same shall be held is pronounced.
2. (a) In all cases in which a precept is issued, according to the existing law and practice, for the preparation of a List of Jurors, the precept shall state in the event of any Order having been made under Section 1 (b) of the said Act, either on the motion of any of the parties or in the discretion of the Judge, that the list is to be composed of men only or of women only, as the case may be.
(a) S.R. & O. 1941 (No. 1150) I, p. 1175.
(b) In all these cases the Clerk who, according to the existing law and practice, makes up the panel or List of Jurors shall make up such panel or list so that the same is composed of men only, or of women only, as the case may be.
3. Where no Order has been made under Section 1 (b) of the said Act, the List of Jurors prepared in pursuance of such precept shall be composed, as nearly as possible, of equal numbers of men and women jurors; and the proportion of men and women respectively included in such list or panel as special jurors shall, as nearly as possible, be equal.
4. The names of all the persons appearing on such list or panel shall be placed in the appropriate box or glass, according as they are special or common jurors, but irrespective of whether they are men or...
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