New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 13

13 Persons included on supplementary jury roll to be notified

(1) The sheriff must send to each person whose name is included on a supplementary jury roll for a district, and who appears to the sheriff to be qualified and eligible to serve as a juror, a notice:

(a) informing the person that it is proposed to include the person on the jury roll, and

(b) describing the classes of persons who are disqualified or ineligible to serve as jurors and who are entitled as of right to be exempted from serving as jurors, and

(c) containing a questionnaire that is required to be completed by the person if:

(i) the person is disqualified or ineligible or claims exemption, or

(ii) the particulars of the person appearing on the questionnaire have changed, or

(iii) the person is otherwise required by the sheriff in the notice to complete the questionnaire, and

(d) requiring the person, if required to complete the questionnaire, to complete it and return it to the sheriff, within the time specified in the notice.

(2) The sheriff may require the answers given to a questionnaire or any other information provided to the sheriff, for the purpose of determining whether or not a person is disqualified or ineligible to serve as a juror, or is to be exempted from serving as a juror, to be verified by statutory declaration.

(3) Proceedings may be taken for an offence against this Act or the Oaths Act 1900 for providing false or misleading information to the sheriff that is required to be verified by statutory declaration. However, a person is not liable to be convicted of an offence under both Acts in relation to the provision of the same information.