JURY ACT 1995 - As at 30 March 2017 - Act 42 of 1995
- As at 30 March 2017
- Act 42 of 1995
Table of Provisions
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
PART 2 - CITIZEN’S OBLIGATION TO PERFORM JURY SERVICE
- 4 Qualification to serve as juror
- 5 Obligation to perform jury service
- 6 Verdict not to be questioned on ground of qualification of juror
PART 3 - JURY DISTRICTS AND JURY ROLLS
Division 1 - Jury districts
- 7 Jury districts—establishment and boundaries
- 8 Assignment of responsibility for jury districts to other sheriffs and persons
Division 2 - Jury rolls
- 9 Keeping of jury rolls
- 10 Jury roll for a jury district
- 11 Electoral commission to give information
- 12 Arrangements with commissioner of the police service
PART 4 - ASSEMBLY OF JURORS
Division 1 - General powers of Senior Judge Administrator
- 13 Practice directions
- 14 Administrative directions
Division 2 - Preparation of lists of prospective jurors
- 15 Lists of prospective jurors
- 16 Selection of persons to be included in list of prospective jurors
- 17 Copies of list must be given to other sheriffs
Division 4 - Power to excuse from jury service
- 19 Sheriff’s power to excuse from jury service
- 20 Power of judge to excuse from jury service
- 21 Criteria to be applied in excusing from jury service
- 22 When prospective juror entitled to be excused from jury service
- 23 Time for exercising power to excuse
Division 5 - Revision of list of prospective jurors
- 24 Revision of list
- 25 Effect of revised list
Division 6 - Summoning for jury service
PART 5 - FORMATION OF JURIES
Division 1 - Number of jurors in trials
- 32 Juries for civil trials
- 33 Juries for criminal trials
- 34 Reserve jurors
Division 2 - Suitability of jurors
- 35 Information about prospective jurors to be exchanged between prosecution and defence in criminal trials
Division 3 - Attendance of jury panel
- 36 Sheriff to arrange for attendance of jury panel
- 37 Materials to be given by sheriff
Division 4 - Supplementary jurors
Division 5 - Preliminaries to jury selection
- 39 Defendant to be informed of right of challenge
- 40 Challenge to jury panel as a whole
Division 6 - Selection of jury
- 41 Procedure for jury selection
- 42 Peremptory challenges
- 43 Challenges for cause
- 44 Time for challenges
Division 7 - Final stage of jury selection process
- 45 Final stage of jury selection process
- 46 Judge’s discretion to discharge juror in final stage of jury selection process
- 47 Special procedure for challenge for cause in certain cases
- 48 Judge’s discretion to discharge entire jury
Division 8 - Presumption of authority
- 49 Presumption of authority for challenge
PART 6 - JURY TRIALS
Division 1 - Procedure following selection of jury
- 50 Jury to be sworn
- 51 Jury to be informed of charge in criminal trial
Division 1A - Duty of judge and jury in civil cases
- 51A Duty of judge and jury
Division 2 - Inspections and views
Division 3 - Segregation of jury in criminal cases
- 53 Separation of jury
- 54 Restriction on communication
Division 4 - Accommodation for jury
- 55 Accommodation for jury
Division 5 - Discharge of individual jurors or of whole jury
- 56 Discharge or death of individual juror
- 57 Continuation of trial with less than full number of jurors
- 58 Failure to reach unanimous verdict in civil cases
- 59 Verdict in criminal cases for particular offences must be unanimous
- 59A Verdict in criminal cases for other offences
- 60 Jury may be discharged from giving verdict
- 61 Discharge of jury when judge dies or becomes incapacitated
- 62 What happens when jury is discharged
PART 7 - JUROR’S REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES
- 63 Remuneration and allowances
- 64 Special payments in certain cases
- 65 Fee for jury in civil cases
PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 65A Civil trial without a jury
- 66 Impersonation of members of jury panel or jury
- 67 Falsification of jury lists etc.
- 68 Obligation to answer questions etc.
- 69 Employment not to be terminated or prejudiced because of jury service
- 69A Inquiries by juror about accused prohibited
- 70 Confidentiality of jury deliberations
71. (Repealed)
- 72 Delegation by sheriff
- 73 Chief executive may approve forms
- 74 Regulations
PART 9 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- 77 Jury Act 1929 references
- 78 Transitional provision for Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008
- 79 Transitional provision for Criminal Code and Jury and Another Act Amendment Act 2008—majority verdicts
