2006 Kansas Code - 22-3013

      22-3013.   Discharge and excuse. (1) A grand jury shall serve until it shall advise the court in writing that it has completed its investigation, but no grand jury shall serve for more than three months unless extended by order of the district court. The district court may, before the expiration of the tenure of a grand jury, make an order extending such grand jury for an additional period of not to exceed three months if the court finds that an investigation begun by the grand jury cannot be completed within the initial three months period and that the public interest requires the continuation of the grand jury. The tenure and powers of a grand jury are not affected by the beginning or expiration of a term of court.

      (2)   At any time for cause shown the court may excuse a juror either temporarily or permanently, and in the latter event the court may impanel another person in place of the juror excused.

      History:   L. 1970, ch. 129, § 22-3013; July 1.