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In forceFailure to reach unanimous verdict in civil cases
Part 6Jury trials
Division 5Discharge of individual jurors or of whole jury
58 Failure to reach unanimous verdict in civil cases
(1)
If after deliberating for 6 hours, a jury in a civil trial has not reached a verdict, the judge may discharge the jury.
(2)
However, if the jury has not reached a unanimous verdict after 6 hours deliberation, the court may, if the parties agree, take the verdict of 3 of the jurors as the verdict of the jury.
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