[20 Offences: failure to attend, serving while disqualified etc]
Juries Act 1974 (1974 c 23) | Legislation

[20  Offences: failure to attend, serving while disqualified etc]

(1)     Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) to (4) below—

(a)     if a person duly summoned under this Act fails to attend (on the first or on any subsequent day on which he is required to attend by the summons or by the appropriate officer) in compliance with the summons, or

(b)     if a person, after attending in pursuance of a summons, is not available when called on to serve as a juror, or is unfit for service by reason of drink or drugs,

he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [level 3 on the standard scale].

(2)     An offence

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