If any member of the board of jury commissioners is guilty of fraud, either (a) by practicing on the jury box previously to a draft, (b) in drawing a juror, (c) in returning into the jury box the name of any juror which has been lawfully drawn out and drawing or substituting another in his stead, or (d) in any other way in the drawing of jurors, he must be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding two years in a state correctional institution.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 38-75; 1952 Code Section 38-75; 1942 Code Section 614; 1932 Code Section 614; Civ. P. '22 Section 554; Civ. C. '12 Section 4023; 1902 (23) 1066; 1939 (41) 27; 1941 (42) 70; 1943 (43) 263; 1986 Act No. 340, Section 1, eff March 10, 1986.

Editor's Note

Provisions relative to issuance of venires for additional jurors, which formerly appeared in this section, can now be found in Section 14-7-310.

Effect of Amendment

The 1986 amendment rewrote this section so as to incorporate provisions similar to those which formerly appeared in Section 14-7-450.