The Short Title of this Act is “The Payment of Jurors Act, 1899”; and it shall form part of and be read together with “The Juries Act, 1880” (hereinafter called “the principal Act”).

Every juror who is summoned and duly attends as a juror at any sittings of the Supreme Court or the District Court at which criminal cases are tried shall, for every day that he so attends, and until he is duly discharged from attendance, be entitled to be paid the sum of eight shillings if he so attends for more than four hours in the day, and the sum of four shillings if he so attends for not more than four hours in the day.

The sums payable to any juror under this section shall be paid to him by the Registrar or other officer of the Court when the juror is discharged from attendance, and all such sums shall be paid from moneys to be appropriated by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund.

The foregoing provisions of this section are in substitution of those contained in sections one hundred and sixty-five, one hundred and sixty-six, and one hundred and sixty-seven of the principal Act, and also the Ninth Schedule thereto, and those sections, as also the said Schedule, are hereby accordingly repealed.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in section one hundred and ninety-one of the principal Act, every person who is summoned and duly attends and serves as a juror at any inquest held before a Coroner shall be entitled to be paid for each day’s service the sum of eight shillings if he serves for more than four hours in the day, and the sum of four shillings if he serves for not more than four hours in the day.

The sum payable under this section shall be paid from moneys to be appropriated by Parliament out of the Consolidated Fund.