JURIES ACT 2000

Victorian Consolidated Legislation

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JURIES ACT 2000

No. 53 of 2000
Version incorporating amendments as at 1 January 2009

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

PART 1-PRELIMINARY

1. Purpose
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
4. Selection to be random

PART 2-LIABILITY FOR JURY SERVICE

5. Persons qualified and liable for jury service
6. Reasons for impeaching a verdict
7. Deferral of jury service
8. Juries Commissioner may excuse for good reason
9. Juries Commissioner may permanently excuse person
10. Appeal against decision of Juries Commissioner
11. Court may excuse person from jury service
12. Court may determine that a person not perform jury service
13. Persons may be exempted from jury service in certain circumstances
14. Juries Commissioner to be notified if court exempts or excuses from, or orders person not to perform, jury service
15. Person may waive exemption or excuse
16. Court may enlarge jury list, pool or panel
17. Reduction of jury list or pool

PART 3-JURY DISTRICTS AND JURY ROLLS

18. Jury districts
19. Preparation of jury rolls by the Victorian Electoral
Commission

PART 4-PRE-SELECTION OF PERSONS FOR JURY SERVICE

20. Questionnaire
21. Juries Commissioner to determine liability for jury service

PART 5-SUMMONING OF JURORS

22. Civil and criminal juries
23. Empanelment of additional jurors
24. Fees for civil juries
25. Preparation of jury list
26. Chief Commissioner of Police to make enquiries
27. Summons
28. Attendance for jury service

PART 6-JURY TRIALS

29. Jury pools
30. Selection of panels
31. Calling of panel
32. Information for panel
33. Procedure for selecting jury in civil trials
34. Challenges for cause in civil trials
35. Peremptory challenges in civil trials
36. Procedure for selecting jury in criminal trials
37. Challenges for cause in criminal trials
38. Crown right to stand aside jurors in criminal trials
39. Peremptory challenges in criminal trials
40. Determination of challenges for cause
41. Supplementary jurors
42. Swearing of jury
43. Judge may discharge juror
44. Continuation of trial with reduced jury
45. Court may order view in civil trials
46. Failure to reach unanimous verdict in criminal trials
47. Failure to reach unanimous verdict in civil trials
48. Ballot where additional jurors on jury
49. Oath for jurykeeper
50. Court may allow jury to separate after retiring to consider
verdict

PART 7-REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES FOR JURY SERVICE

51. Remuneration and allowances for jury service
52. Employer to make up pay
53. Employee must notify employer of date etc. of jury service

PART 8-COMPENSATION OF JURORS

54. Definition
55. Compensation for injury during jury service
56. Compensation otherwise payable
57. Jurisdiction
58. Authority to represent Crown
59. Payments

PART 9-JURIES COMMISSIONER

60. Juries Commissioner
61. Certain employees to be deputies
62. Power to administer oaths
63. Functions and powers of deputies
64. Directions

PART 10-OFFENCES AND ENFORCEMENT

Division 1-Offences

65. Secrecy
66. Offences by officials
67. Questionnaire
68. Obligation to answer questions or produce document
69. Failure to inform Juries Commissioner of disqualification or ineligibility
70. Supply of false or misleading information
71. Failing to attend for jury service
72. Failure to attend as supplementary juror
73. Refusal to be sworn or to make affirmation
74. Impersonation of person for the purpose of jury service
75. Extra payment for jury service
76. Employment not to be terminated or prejudiced because of
jury service
77. Restriction on publishing names of jurors etc.
78. Confidentiality of jury's deliberations
78A. Panel member or juror must not make enquiries about trial matters
78B. Examination of juror etc. as to enquiries
78C. Self-incrimination not an excuse
79. Offence by body corporate

Division 2-Summary enforcement by court

80. Supply of false or misleading information
81. Failing to attend, be sworn or give evidence and giving false answers
82. Impersonation of jurors and extra payment for jury service
83. Employers

Division 3-General

84. Contempt of court
85. Enforcement of fines
86. Double jeopardy

PART 11-GENERAL

87. Proof of service
88. Rules of Court
89. Common law offence of embracery not affected
90. Regulations

PART 12-Repealed

91. Repealed

PART 13-CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

92. Repeal of Juries Act 1967.
93-98. Repealed
99. Saving and transitional provisions
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SCHEDULE 1-Persons disqualified from serving as jurors
SCHEDULE 2-Persons ineligible to serve as jurors
SCHEDULE 3-Swearing of jurors on empanelment
SCHEDULE 4-Swearing of jurykeepers
SCHEDULE 5-Swearing of jurors separating during deliberations
SCHEDULE 6-Saving and transitional provisions
1. Application of Acts
2. Jury lists under the Juries Act 1967.
3. Questionnaires issued under the Juries Act 1967.
4. Panels under the Juries Act 1967.
5. Summonses issued under the Juries Act 1967.
6. Disqualification and ineligibility criteria under this Act apply
to persons summoned before or after commencement of
this Act
7. Certificate of exemption issued under the Juries Act 1967.
8. Deferrals of and excuses from jury service
9. Certain persons continue to be bound by secrecy provisions
10. Compensation for personal injuries
11. Unanimous verdicts
12. Persons disqualified from serving as jurors
13. Persons ineligible to serve as jurors
14. Justice Legislation (Further Amendment) Act 2006.
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ENDNOTES
1. General Information
2. Table of Amendments
3. Explanatory Details

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