PART VIISUMMONING OF JURORS AND EXCUSAL FROM JURY SERVICE
Excusal for previous jury service49
1
If a person summoned under section 3 of the Act of 1887 shows to the satisfaction of the appropriate officer or of the coroner—
a
that he has served on a jury, or duly attended to serve on a jury, at inquests held in that coroner's jurisdiction on three or more days in the period of one year ending with the service of the summons on him; or
b
that he has served on a jury, or duly attended to serve on a jury, in the Crown Court, the High Court or any county court in the period of two years ending with the service of the summons on him; or
c
that any such court or a coroner has excused him from jury service for a period which has not terminated,
the appropriate officer or the coroner shall excuse him from attending, or further attending, in pursuance of the summons.
2
In reckoning the days for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a) no account shall be taken of any day or days to which an inquest is adjourned.