New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 62

62 Supply of false or misleading information to sheriff

(1) A person must not provide any information to the sheriff that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material respect:

(a) when claiming to be disqualified from serving as a juror or to be ineligible to serve as a juror or to be entitled as of right to be exempted from serving as a juror, or

(b) when claiming otherwise that the person is not or will not be available for jury service.

(2) A person must not cause or permit any representation the person knows to be false or misleading in a material respect to be made to the sheriff on the person’s behalf, or on behalf of another person, for the purpose of evading jury service.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.