Cap. 9 Art. 607Application for exemption from serving as juror.

(1) Any person who is not qualified or liable to serve as a juror, or who may have special reasons for asking to be exempted from serving as a juror, may bring the matter before the court, by means of an application to be filed within four days after the service of the writ mentioned in the next following article.

(2) The court shall examine the application and, if it deems the reason alleged to be good, shall order the registrar to cancel the name of such person, and to substitute therefor the name of another person.

(3) Any other person who, on account of absence or for any other reason, cannot be summoned shall be substituted by another.

(4) A list containing the names of the substituted persons shall be posted up at the door of the hall in which the court sits at least twenty-four hours before the trial for which such persons shall have been summoned, either as foremen or as common jurors.

(5) Any application by any such substituted person who is not qualified or liable to serve as juror or has a good reason to be exempted from serving as a juror shall be determined by the court on the day of the hearing of the cause before the reading out of the indictment.

(6) In the case of a person referred to in article 604, a request not to serve as a juror may be made by means of a letter addressed to the registrar, and such letter shall be deemed to be an application for all purposes of this article.

(7) Before exempting a person from serving as a juror as provided in sub-articles (2) and (5) and in article 611(5), the court may require to hear on oath the person requesting such exemption.