Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Juries Act 2000 - SECT 50

Court may allow jury to separate after retiring to consider verdict

50. Court may allow jury to separate after retiring to consider verdict



(1) Subject to subsection (2) but despite any rule of law or practice to the
contrary, the court may-

   (a)  allow the jury to separate; or

   (b)  allow an individual juror to separate from the jury if, in the opinion
        of the court, there is good reason to do so-

after the jury has retired to consider its verdict and before the verdict is
given or the jurors are discharged.



(2) A court may allow a jury or juror to separate in accordance with
subsection (1) only if each separating juror has been sworn in the form of
Schedule 53.

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