JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 68A
Soliciting information from or harassing jurors or former jurors
JURY ACT 1977 - SECT 68A
Soliciting information from or harassing jurors or former jurors
68A Soliciting information from or harassing jurors or former jurors
(1) A person must not solicit information from, or harass, a juror or former
juror for the purpose of obtaining information about--
(a) the deliberations
of a jury, or
(b) how a juror, or the jury, formed any opinion or conclusion
in relation to an issue arising in a trial or coronial inquest.
Maximum
penalty on indictment: imprisonment for 7 years.
(2) The deliberations of a
jury include statements made, opinions expressed, arguments advanced or votes
cast by members of the jury in the course of their deliberations.
(3)
Subsection (1) does not prohibit a person from soliciting information from a
juror or former juror in accordance with an authority granted by the Attorney
General for the conduct of a research project into matters relating to juries
or jury service.
(4) Subsection (1) does not prohibit any of the following
bodies or persons from soliciting information from a juror or former juror for
the purposes of an investigation or prosecution of a contempt of court or an
offence relating to a juror or a jury--