Queensland Consolidated Acts

JURY ACT 1995

- As at 30 March 2017 
- Act 42 of 1995 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions—the dictionary

   PART 2 - CITIZEN’S OBLIGATION TO PERFORM JURY SERVICE

   4.      Qualification to serve as juror
   5.      Obligation to perform jury service
   6.      Verdict not to be questioned on ground of qualification of juror

   PART 3 - JURY DISTRICTS AND JURY ROLLS

           Division 1 - Jury districts

   7.      Jury districts—establishment and boundaries
   8.      Assignment of responsibility for jury districts to other sheriffs and persons

           Division 2 - Jury rolls

   9.      Keeping of jury rolls
   10.     Jury roll for a jury district
   11.     Electoral commission to give information
   12.     Arrangements with commissioner of the police service

   PART 4 - ASSEMBLY OF JURORS

           Division 1 - General powers of Senior Judge Administrator

   13.     Practice directions
   14.     Administrative directions

           Division 2 - Preparation of lists of prospective jurors

   15.     Lists of prospective jurors
   16.     Selection of persons to be included in list of prospective jurors
   17.     Copies of list must be given to other sheriffs

           Division 3 - Notice to prospective jurors

   18.     Notice to prospective jurors

           Division 4 - Power to excuse from jury service

   19.     Sheriff’s power to excuse from jury service
   20.     Power of judge to excuse from jury service
   21.     Criteria to be applied in excusing from jury service
   22.     When prospective juror entitled to be excused from jury service
   23.     Time for exercising power to excuse

           Division 5 - Revision of list of prospective jurors

   24.     Revision of list
   25.     Effect of revised list

           Division 6 - Summoning for jury service

   26.     Selection of persons for summons
   27.     Summons for jury service
   28.     Obligation to comply with summons
   29.     List of persons summoned for jury service
   30.     Reproduction of list of persons summoned for jury service
   31.     Questions relating to jury service

   PART 5 - FORMATION OF JURIES

           Division 1 - Number of jurors in trials

   32.     Juries for civil trials
   33.     Juries for criminal trials
   34.     Reserve jurors

           Division 2 - Suitability of jurors

   35.     Information about prospective jurors to be exchanged between prosecution and defence in criminal trials

           Division 3 - Attendance of jury panel

   36.     Sheriff to arrange for attendance of jury panel
   37.     Materials to be given by sheriff

           Division 4 - Supplementary jurors

   38.     Supplementary jurors

           Division 5 - Preliminaries to jury selection

   39.     Defendant to be informed of right of challenge
   40.     Challenge to jury panel as a whole

           Division 6 - Selection of jury

   41.     Procedure for jury selection
   42.     Peremptory challenges
   43.     Challenges for cause
   44.     Time for challenges

           Division 7 - Final stage of jury selection process

   45.     Final stage of jury selection process
   46.     Judge’s discretion to discharge juror in final stage of jury selection process
   47.     Special procedure for challenge for cause in certain cases
   48.     Judge’s discretion to discharge entire jury

           Division 8 - Presumption of authority

   49.     Presumption of authority for challenge

   PART 6 - JURY TRIALS

           Division 1 - Procedure following selection of jury

   50.     Jury to be sworn
   51.     Jury to be informed of charge in criminal trial

           Division 1A - Duty of judge and jury in civil cases

   51A.    Duty of judge and jury

           Division 2 - Inspections and views

   52.     Inspections and views

           Division 3 - Segregation of jury in criminal cases

   53.     Separation of jury
   54.     Restriction on communication

           Division 4 - Accommodation for jury

   55.     Accommodation for jury

           Division 5 - Discharge of individual jurors or of whole jury

   56.     Discharge or death of individual juror
   57.     Continuation of trial with less than full number of jurors
   58.     Failure to reach unanimous verdict in civil cases
   59.     Verdict in criminal cases for particular offences must be unanimous
   59A.    Verdict in criminal cases for other offences
   60.     Jury may be discharged from giving verdict
   61.     Discharge of jury when judge dies or becomes incapacitated
   62.     What happens when jury is discharged

   PART 7 - JUROR’S REMUNERATION AND ALLOWANCES

   63.     Remuneration and allowances
   64.     Special payments in certain cases
   65.     Fee for jury in civil cases

   PART 8 - MISCELLANEOUS

   65A.    Civil trial without a jury
   66.     Impersonation of members of jury panel or jury
   67.     Falsification of jury lists etc.
   68.     Obligation to answer questions etc.
   69.     Employment not to be terminated or prejudiced because of jury service
   69A.    Inquiries by juror about accused prohibited
   70.     Confidentiality of jury deliberations
   71.     (Repealed)
   72.     Delegation by sheriff
   73.     Chief executive may approve forms
   74.     Regulations

   PART 9 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   77.     Jury Act 1929 references
   78.     Transitional provision for Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008
   79.     Transitional provision for Criminal Code and Jury and Another Act Amendment Act 2008—majority verdicts
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