Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A person—
(a) who attends in accordance with a jury summons; or
(b) who has been appointed to attend to serve as a juror; or
(c) who is a juror;
shall not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the conditions (if any) imposed by a judge or the sheriff on the person before being excused by the judge or sheriff or permitted to leave the Supreme Court premises by the sheriff.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) The conditions that may be imposed by a judge or the sheriff include but are not limited to—
(a) a condition that the person return to the Supreme Court premises by a particular time; and
(b) a condition that the person is or is not to remain with another person.
(3) Subject to a condition of the kind described in subsection (2) (b), a jury may separate at any time before or after it retires to consider its verdict.