What is the test for juries to be sworn in in a criminal trial?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Andrews, 1984 CanLII 809 (BC CA):
The power under this section is to be exercised only "in the course of a trial", that is, after the accused have been given in charge of the jury: Basarabas v. R.
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