Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

COURTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO 2) (NO. 52 OF 2015) - SECT 34

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Part 6     Empanelling jury for criminal trial

31     Empanelling a jury

    (1)     At the beginning of a criminal trial, the proper officer must draw 1 jury card at a time from the ballot box and call aloud the identifying number stated on each card 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 jury cards are drawn 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 panel;

        (b)     the sheriff must—

              (i)     allocate a unique number (an identifying number ) to the person; and

              (ii)     give the proper officer a card for the person that states the identifying number for 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)     The jury card for a person who has been called but not sworn must be returned to the ballot box 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 jury cards must, unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, be returned to the ballot box.