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| (1) The jury shall be taken from the panel 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 prosecuting counsel without grounds of objection stated any number of jurors called may be ordered 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 prosecuting counsel shall be called upon to state the ground of objection (if any) under section 211, |
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| (7) If there shall not be a sufficient number of jurors present unchallenged the trial shall be adjourned to enable a new panel of jurors to be summoned. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts