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| (1) The jury shall be taken from elected by the accused unless the court otherwise directs. |
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| (2) The jury shall be chosen by lot from the panel. |
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| (3) As each juror is chosen his name shall be called and upon his appearance the accused shall be asked by the Registrar if he objects to be tried by such juror. |
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| (4) Objections without grounds stated shall be allowed to the number of two on behalf of the person or all the persons charged. |
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| (5) On the suggestion of the prosecutor without grounds of objection stated any number of jurors called may be order by the Judge to stand by until the names of all the jurors summoned and then available for service on the jury have been gone through. |
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| (6) If such names have been gone through without a jury having been made up the names of each of those so ordered to stand by shall be called again and the prosecutor shall be called upon to state the grounds of objection (if any) under the next following section. |
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| (7) If there shall not be a sufficient number of jurors present unchallenged the jury may be made up from such of the bystanders as are not by law disqualified from serving as jurors. Any such bystander shall if called upon be legally bound to serve as a juror. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts