Offences in relation to jurors
12B Offences in relation to jurors
A person who is served with a summons to attend as a juror in a trial in the Supreme Court held wholly or partly in a State shall not:
fail to attend in accordance with the summons; or
having so attended, withdraw from the presence of the Court, without the permission of the Sheriff, before being discharged or excused by a judge of the Court or the Sheriff.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 month or 2 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (1A) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
A person shall not personate a person who is a juror with the intention of sitting on a jury.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units.
A person shall not:
engage in conduct that results in the corruption of a juror;
make or promise a payment to a juror, or confer or promise to confer any other benefit on a juror in relation to the person’s service as a juror, other than a payment of the ordinary remuneration of the juror’s employment; or
being a juror, accept such a payment or benefit.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
In this section:
engage in conduct means:
do an act; or
omit to perform an act.
juror includes a person whose name is on a jury panel.
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