The persons who appear in answer to the summons for trial or grand jury service shall receive the expense allowance for the day of their appearance even if they are not sworn as jurors.
(Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 225, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 874; Penal Code 1910, § 879; Code 1933, § 59-122; Ga. L. 1974, p. 325, § 3; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-9/HB 415.)
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.'"
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 47 Am. Jur. 2d, Jury, § 100.
C.J.S.- 50A C.J.S., Juries, § 351.