The foreperson and the deputy foreperson of each grand jury shall be selected publicly and randomly from the persons impanelled as members of the grand jury. A person selected as the foreperson or deputy foreperson may freely decline to serve in the position, in which case another person shall be selected publicly and randomly to serve.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:21-5
Selection of foreperson and deputy foreperson
Known as the State Judicial Unification Act
The act spans §§ 2B:10-1 to 2B:9-1 (254 sections).
Source: New L.1995,c.44,s.1.
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