Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Sheriff must investigate whether the verdict of a jury is being, or has been, affected because of the improper conduct of a juror or jurors if:
(a) the Sheriff has reason to suspect that the verdict is being, or has been, so affected, and the Court has consented to the investigation; or
(b) the Court requests the investigation.
Note: During and after the investigation, the Court or the Sheriff can give a direction to a juror under section 23EF.
(2) The Sheriff must report the outcome of the investigation to the Court.
(3) Subsection (4) applies in relation to a person (the officer ) whose duties include convening juries for trials before a court of a State or Territory.
(4) The Sheriff may disclose to the officer information
identifying a juror or former juror so that the officer can consider whether
to summons the juror or former juror when convening a trial before the State
or Territory court.