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| (1) If a juror is personally acquainted with any relevant fact it is his duty to inform the court that such is the case whereupon he may be sworn and examined in the same manner as any other witness. |
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| (2) If a trial is adjourned the jury shall attend at the adjourned sittings and every subsequent sitting until the conclusion of the trial. |
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| (3) It shall not be necessary in any case to keep the jury together during an adjournment previous to the close of the Judge's summing up, but it shall be lawful for the Judge if it should appear to him to be advisable in the interests of justice in any trial to require the jury to be kept together during any adjournment. |
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| (4) Where the jury is allowed to separate during the course of any trial the jurors may be first sworn not to hold communication with any person other than a fellow juror upon the subject of the trial during such separation. If any juror shall hold any such communication with any person other than a fellow juror or if any person other than a fellow juror shall hold any such communication with any juror, such juror or person as the case may be shall be deemed to be guilty of a contempt of court and shall be punishable accordingly. |
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| (5) The Judge may if he thinks fit order reasonable refreshment to be procured for the jury by the Registrar at State expense at any time during which they may be kept together either before or after the Judge has summed up. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts