Payment of jury fee in civil cases
8 Payment of jury fee in civil cases
(1) Where the Court makes an order under section 7(3), on the application of a party to a civil issue, that party shall pay to the sheriff the prescribed fee.
(2) The regulations may prescribe amounts to be paid in respect of the prescribed fee:
before the trial commences on the first day of the trial; and
before the trial resumes on each subsequent day of the trial.
(3) If an amount so prescribed is not paid before the trial commences or resumes on any day (as the case requires), the Court may, if it thinks fit, allow further time not exceeding one hour after the commencement or resumption of the trial within which the amount may be paid by any party to the trial.
(4) If the amount is not paid before the trial commences or resumes on any day (as the case requires) or, if the Court allows further time, within the further time so allowed, the Court shall, if a jury has been empanelled, discharge the jury and the trial shall proceed without a jury, notwithstanding that the trial may have commenced with a jury.
(5) The Court may order that the amount of the prescribed fee paid by any party to a trial shall be costs in the cause.
Part III Qualifications of jurors and liability to serve
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