Queensland Consolidated Acts

JURY ACT 1995 - SECT 41

41 Procedure for jury selection

(1) When a jury is to be selected for a civil or criminal trial—

(a) a selection must be made, as directed by the judge, from among the members of the jury panel by random selection of jury cards, including, for example, by a computer programmed to make a random selection; and

(b) as each person is selected an officer of the court must call aloud the name of the person selected.

(2) However, the judge may direct that persons selected be identified by numbers only if the judge considers that, for security or other reasons, the persons’ names should not be read out in open court.

(3) The judge’s associate must inform the sheriff as soon as practicable of—

(a) the names of the persons sworn to serve on the jury or as reserve jurors; and

(b) if the judge orders that a juror or prospective juror be excused, discharged or fined—the name of the person and the terms of the order.