section 31
Deodands are hereby abolished.
The Coroners Act, 1871General187148 sections
Statutory text
List of jurors. Fine on juror neglecting to attend
- (1) The Coroner shall prepare and from time to time revise a list of sufficient number of persons of good character and adequate education, liable to serve as jurors in his Court.
- (2) All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and sixty whose names are not in the Common Jury list of the High Court, shall, subject to the exemption mentioned in section 320 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, be liable to serve as jurors in the Coroner's Court.
- (3) Whenever any person has been duly summoned to appear as a juror by a Coroner, and fails or neglects to attend at the time and place specified in the summons, the Coroner may cause him to be openly called in his Court three times to appear and serve as a juror, and upon the non-appearance of such person, and proof that such summons has been served upon him or left at his usual place of abode may impose such fine upon the defaulter, not exceeding fifty rupees, as to the Coroner seems fit :
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