Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) At the beginning of a criminal trial, the proper officer must randomly choose, whether by electronic or other means, the identifying number for a person in the jury pool and call aloud the identifying number chosen until 12 people have entered the jury box.
(2) A person called must enter the jury box unless prevented by challenge or otherwise.
(3) If all the identifying numbers are called and fewer than 12 people have entered the jury box, the judge may order the sheriff to appoint people who are in or near the Supreme Court and are liable to serve as jurors to attend to serve as jurors.
(4) If a person is appointed under subsection (3), the following provisions apply:
(a) the name of a person is taken to have been returned on the jury precept and to have been included in the jury pool;
(b) the sheriff must allocate a unique number (an identifying number ) to the person;
(c) the person may be challenged in the same way as the people whose names were included in the jury panel.
(5) The 12 people who have entered the jury box are, when sworn, the jury for the criminal trial.
(6) If a person's identifying number has been called but the person is not sworn, the person's name remains in the jury pool when the jury is sworn.
(7) When the verdict of the jury has been given and recorded or the jury has been discharged, whichever happens first, the identifying numbers must, unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, be returned to the jury pool.