(1) If, before or after a juror has been sworn, it appears to the Court from his or her own statement that he or she is not neutral as between the prosecution and the accused or vice versa, or that for any other reason he or she ought not to be allowed or required to act as a juror at the trial, the Court may, before any evidence has been given, without discharging the whole of the jury, discharge that particular juror and direct another juror to be sworn in his or her place.