Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

JURIES ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Part I Preliminary
   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   4.      Repeal and saving
   5.      Definitions
           Part II Trial by jury
   6.      Juries in criminal cases
   6A.     No juries in civil cases for defamation
   7.      Juries in other civil cases
   8.      Payment of jury fee in civil cases
           Part III Qualifications of jurors and liability to serve
   9.      Qualification of jurors and liability to serve
   10.     Persons not qualified
   11.     Exempt persons
   12.     Jurors to serve within own jury district
   13.     Impeachment of verdict of jury
   14.     Liability of disqualified or exempted persons to attend as jurors
   15.     Excusing of jurors by Judge or Master
   17A.    Power to exempt from jury service on condition of subsequent service
   18AB.   Power of Sheriff to exempt in certain cases
           Part IV Jury districts
   19.     Jury districts
   20.     Boundaries of jury districts
           Part V Jury lists
   21.     Jury lists
           Part VI Jury precepts and summonses
   23.     Definition
   24.     Jury precepts
   25.     Terms of precept
   26.     Provision for cases where Sheriff is interested
   27.     Jurors to be chosen by random selection by computer
   27A.    Sheriff's power to question
   29.     Summons to jurors
   30.     Service of summons
   32.     Panel of jurors and return of persons not summoned
   33.     Sheriff's return to precept
   34.     Inspection of jury panels in civil cases
   35.     Informalities, &c., not to invalidate verdict
   36.     Correction of mistakes of name or description
           Part VII Striking and impanelling jury
           Division 1 Criminal trials
   37.     Striking jury in criminal cases
   37A.    Reserve jurors in criminal cases
   38.     Different issues may be tried by same jury
           Division 2 Civil trials
   39.     Striking jury in civil cases
   40.     Different issues may be tried by same jury
   41.     Reducing list where party does not appear
           Part VIII Challenge
   42.     Right of challenge
   43.     Standing jurors by limited
   44.     Challenge in criminal cases
   46.     Challenge in civil cases
   47.     Informalities in summoning jurors
           Part IX Disagreement
   49.     Disagreement in civil cases
           Part X Offences
   49A.    Confidentiality of jury deliberations
   49B.    Anonymity of jurors
   50.     Non-attendance of jurors
   51.     Non-attendance of talesman
   52.     Unlawful dismissal, &c.
   54.     Limit of 3 days in civil cases
   55.     Personation of jurors
   56.     Excess of fees
           Part XI Miscellaneous
   58.     Oath by jurors
   59.     Oath of officer in charge of jury
   60.     Payment of jurors
   61.     View during trial
   62.     Reduction of jury
   63.     Food and refreshment
   65.     Abolition of certain juries
   66.     Affirmations
   68.     Regulations
           Schedule 1 Repeal
           Schedule 3
           Schedule 6
           Schedule 7 Persons exempt from service as jurors
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