Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILDRENS COURT ACT 1992 - SECT 22

22 Jury in criminal trials

(1) All indictable offences prosecuted in the Childrens Court must be tried by a Childrens Court judge and a jury.

(2) Subsection (1) is subject to an Act that allows or requires an indictable offence prosecuted in the Childrens Court to be tried in another way.

(3) Despite section 18 (1) (a) , a trial by a Childrens Court judge and a jury must be held at a place where a District Court may be held.

(4) The Jury Act 1995 states the law about the following—

(a) the obligation to perform jury service;

(b) organisation of juries generally;

(c) the selection of a jury;

(d) arrangements for a jury during a trial;

(e) juror’s remuneration and allowances.