JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 47A Discharge of jury as a result of challenges

JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 47A

47A Discharge of jury as a result of challenges

The judge presiding at the trial of any criminal proceedings may discharge the jury that has been selected if, in the opinion of that judge, the exercise of the rights to make peremptory challenges has resulted in a jury whose composition is such that the trial might be or might appear to be unfair.