Notes
• Please note—References in the legislation to other
legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not
automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of
legislation and therefore may be obsolete.
• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at
the end of the legislative history.
• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate
legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or
www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
Year |
No |
Title |
Assent |
Commencement |
1927 |
1805 |
30.11.1927 |
6.1.1928 except ss 20—28—30.11.1927: s 1 (Gazette
5.1.1928 p1) |
|
1937 |
2356 |
Juries Act Amendment Act 1937 |
10.11.1937 |
10.11.1937 |
1957 |
42 |
14.11.1957 |
14.11.1957 |
|
1965 |
28 |
Juries Act Amendment Act 1965 |
25.11.1965 |
2.12.1965 (Gazette 2.12.1965 p1953) |
1969 |
74 |
Juries Act Amendment Act 1969 |
11.12.1969 |
31.8.1970 (Gazette 20.8.1970 p696) |
1971 |
31 |
Juries Act Amendment Act 1971 |
22.4.1971 |
22.4.1971 |
1972 |
54 |
Local and District Criminal Courts Act Amendment
Act 1972 |
27.4.1972 |
9.11.1972 (Gazette 9.11.1972 p2252) |
1974 |
30 |
Juries Act Amendment Act 1974 |
11.4.1974 |
12.9.1974 (Gazette 12.9.1974 p1736) |
1976 |
11 |
Juries Act Amendment Act 1976 |
4.3.1976 |
4.3.1976 (Gazette 4.3.1976 p940) |
1976 |
115 |
Statutes Amendment (Capital Punishment Abolition)
Act 1976 |
23.12.1976 |
23.12.1976 |
1977 |
|
proclamation (Gazette 20.10.1977 p1180) |
— |
20.10.1977 |
1978 |
|
proclamation (Gazette 26.1.1978 p368) |
— |
26.1.1978 |
1984 |
|
proclamation (Gazette 4.10.1984 p1035) |
— |
4.10.1984 |
1984 |
81 |
Juries Act Amendment Act 1984 |
15.11.1984 |
2.1.1985 (Gazette 13.12.1984 p1811) |
1984 |
|
proclamation (Gazette 29.11.1984 p1700) |
— |
29.11.1984 |
1985 |
|
proclamation (Gazette 22.8.1985 p510) |
— |
22.8.1985 |
1985 |
118 |
Juries Act Amendment Act 1985 |
10.11.1985 |
1.12.1985 (Gazette 21.11.1985 p1542) |
1991 |
49 |
21.11.1991 |
6.7.1992 (Gazette 25.6.1992 p1869) |
|
1992 |
35 |
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Public Offences)
Act 1992 |
21.5.1992 |
6.7.1992 (Gazette 2.7.1992 p209) |
1992 |
|
proclamation (Gazette 20.8.1992 p882) |
— |
20.8.1992 |
1994 |
24 |
Juries (Jurors in Remote Areas) Amendment Act 1994 |
26.5.1994 |
26.5.1994 |
1996 |
67 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 1996 |
15.8.1996 |
s 21—17.10.1996 (Gazette 17.10.1996 p1361) |
1997 |
49 |
Juries (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997 |
31.7.1997 |
9.3.1998 (Gazette 5.3.1998 p1062) |
1997 |
69 |
Statutes Amendment (Ministers of the Crown) Act 1997 |
11.12.1997 |
Pt 4 (s 9)—17.12.1997 (Gazette 17.12.1997
p1639) |
2000 |
44 |
Juries (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2000 |
13.7.2000 |
29.10.2000 (Gazette 26.10.2000 p2786) |
2003 |
33 |
31.7.2003 |
Sch (Pt 10)—1.7.2005 (Gazette 23.6.2005 p1899) |
|
2003 |
44 |
Statute Law Revision Act 2003 |
23.10.2003 |
Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048) |
2004 |
23 |
Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 2004 |
8.7.2004 |
Pt 7 (ss 18, 20—22)—1.9.2004 (Gazette 26.8.2004 p3402)
except ss 19 & 23—14.3.2005 (Gazette 28.10.2004
p4083) |
2005 |
62 |
Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Aggravated Offences) Act
2005 |
1.12.2005 |
Pt 4 (s 26)—15.5.2006 (Gazette 20.4.2006 p1127) |
2006 |
17 |
Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act 2006 |
6.7.2006 |
Pt 41 (s 143)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006 p2831) |
2006 |
43 |
Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006 |
14.12.2006 |
Pt 49 (ss 142 & 143)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007
p1352) |
2012 |
12 |
Statutes Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime)
Act 2012 |
10.5.2012 |
Pt 10 (s 44)—17.6.2012 (Gazette 14.6.2012
p2756) |
2016 |
28 |
Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio)
Act 2016 |
16.6.2016 |
Pt 10 (ss 25 & 26)—16.6.2016: s 2(1) |
2017 |
18 |
Summary Procedure (Indictable Offences) Amendment Act
2017 |
14.6.2017 |
Sch 2 (cll 27 & 41)—5.3.2018 (Gazette 12.12.2017
p4961) |
Provisions amended since 3 February
1976
• Legislative history prior to 3 February 1976 appears in marginal
notes and footnotes included in the consolidation of this Act contained in
Volume 5 of The Public General Acts of South Australia 1837-1975 at page
293.
• Certain textual alterations were made to this Act by the
Commissioner of Statute Revision when preparing the reprint of the Act that
incorporated all amendments in force as at 1 March 1985. A Schedule of these
alterations was laid before Parliament on 26 February 1985.
New entries appear in bold.
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in
italics.
Provision |
How varied |
Commencement |
Long title |
substituted by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 3 |
29.10.2000 |
Pt A1 heading |
24.11.2003 |
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 3 |
2.1.1985 |
|
s 2 |
deleted by 81/1984 s 4 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
civil inquest |
deleted by 44/2000 s 4 |
29.10.2000 |
inserted by 44/2000 s 4 |
29.10.2000 |
|
criminal inquest |
amended by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
deleted by 44/2000 s 4 |
29.10.2000 |
inserted by 44/2000 s 4 |
29.10.2000 |
|
District Criminal Court |
deleted by 24/1994 s 2(a) |
26.5.1994 |
District Criminal Court district |
deleted by 24/1994 s 2(a) |
26.5.1994 |
inquest |
deleted by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
Senior Judge |
deleted by 24/1994 s 2(a) |
26.5.1994 |
subdivision roll |
deleted by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
Supreme Court |
deleted by 24/1994 s 2(a) |
26.5.1994 |
deleted by 24/1994 s 2(b) |
26.5.1994 |
|
s 4 |
deleted by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
Pt 1 |
|
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 5 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
substituted by 44/2000 s 5 |
29.10.2000 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 5 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
26.5.1994 |
|
|
substituted by 44/2000 s 5 |
29.10.2000 |
inserted by 44/2000 s 5 |
29.10.2000 |
|
amended by 23/2004 s 18(1) |
1.9.2004 |
|
amended by 23/2004 s 18(2) |
1.9.2004 |
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 5 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 ss 4(a), 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
amended by 44/2000 s 6 |
29.10.2000 |
amended by 24/1994 s 4(b) |
26.5.1994 |
|
inserted by 12/2012 s 44 |
17.6.2012 |
|
|
amended by 18/2017 Sch 2 cl 27 |
5.3.2018 |
s 7(3b)—(3d) |
inserted by 12/2012 s 44 |
17.6.2012 |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
amended by 44/2000 s 6 |
29.10.2000 |
|
substituted by 62/2005 s 26 |
15.5.2006 |
Pt 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
substituted by 24/1994 s 5(a) |
26.5.1994 |
|
substituted by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
substituted by 24/1994 s 5(b) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
deleted by 67/1996 s 21 |
17.10.1996 |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
Pt 3 |
|
|
s 11 before substitution by 28/2016 |
amended by 81/1984 s 6 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
deleted by 81/1984 s 6(a) |
2.1.1985 |
|
substituted by 28/2016 s 25 |
16.6.2016 |
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 7 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
inserted by 49/1997 s 3 |
9.3.1998 |
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 8 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
amended by 81/1984 s 9 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
26.5.1994 |
|
s 14A |
deleted by 11/1976 s 3 |
4.3.1976 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 10 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 7 |
29.10.2000 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 11 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
substituted by 49/1997 s 4 |
9.3.1998 |
amended by 44/2000 s 8 |
29.10.2000 |
|
amended by 81/1984 s 12 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
deleted by 49/1997 s 4 |
9.3.1998 |
inserted by 28/2016 s 26 |
16.6.2016 |
|
s 18 |
amended by 81/1984 s 13, Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
deleted by 49/1997 s 4 |
9.3.1998 |
s 19 |
amended by 81/1984 s 14 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
deleted by 49/1997 s 4 |
9.3.1998 |
Pt 4 |
|
|
heading |
amended by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
amended by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
s 22 |
deleted by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 15 |
2.1.1985 |
|
inserted by 24/1994 s 7 |
26.5.1994 |
|
s 23A |
deleted by 81/1984 s 15 |
2.1.1985 |
amended by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
inserted by 81/1984 s 16 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
amended by 44/2000 s 9 |
29.10.2000 |
Pt 5 |
|
|
|
|
|
amended by 81/1984 s 17(a) |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 10 |
29.10.2000 |
amended by 81/1984 s 17(b) |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 10 |
29.10.2000 |
s 29(3) and (4) |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
amended by 81/1984 s 17(c), Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 10 |
29.10.2000 |
|
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
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amended by 23/2004 s 19 |
14.3.2005 |
deleted by 11/1976 s 4(a) |
4.3.1976 |
|
amended by 11/1976 s 4(b) |
4.3.1976 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
s 31 before deletion by 23/2004 |
|
|
s 31(1) |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
s 31(2) |
substituted by 81/1984 s 18 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 49/1991 Sch 2 |
6.7.1992 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 11 |
29.10.2000 |
s 31(3) and (4) |
deleted by 81/1984 s 18 |
2.1.1985 |
s 31 |
deleted by 23/2004 s 20 |
1.9.2004 |
amended by 11/1976 s 5 |
4.3.1976 |
|
|
amended by 81/1984 s 19 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
substituted by 49/1997 s 5 |
9.3.1998 |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
Pt 6 |
|
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amended by 81/1984 s 20 |
2.1.1985 |
|
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amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 12 |
29.10.2000 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 21 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
amended by 81/1984 s 22 |
2.1.1985 |
|
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amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 13 |
29.10.2000 |
amended by 81/1984 s 23 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 14 |
29.10.2000 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 24 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
amended by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
substituted by 44/2000 s 15 |
29.10.2000 |
amended by 23/2004 s 21 |
1.9.2004 |
|
s 55A |
amended by 115/1976 s 16 |
23.12.1976 |
|
deleted by 81/1984 s 25 |
2.1.1985 |
amended by 115/1976 s 16 |
23.12.1976 |
|
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 25 |
2.1.1985 |
amended by 44/2000 s 16 |
29.10.2000 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
amended by 44/2000 s 16 |
29.10.2000 |
amended by 115/1976 s 16 |
23.12.1976 |
|
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 26 |
2.1.1985 |
s 57(1)—(3) |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
s 58 |
deleted by 81/1984 s 27 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 28(a) |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 17 |
29.10.2000 |
amended by 81/1984 s 28(b) |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
amended by 44/2000 s 18 |
29.10.2000 |
|
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 19 |
29.10.2000 |
|
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amended by 17/2006 s 143 |
4.9.2006 |
s 60B |
deleted by 11/1976 s 6 |
4.3.1976 |
Pt 7 |
|
|
heading |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
amended by 81/1984 s 29, Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
26.5.1994 |
|
|
substituted by 44/2000 s 20 |
29.10.2000 |
s 62 |
deleted by 81/1984 s 30 |
2.1.1985 |
amended by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 21 |
29.10.2000 |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 31 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 31 |
2.1.1985 |
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 31 |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 31 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
amended by 44/2000 s 22 |
29.10.2000 |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
Pt 8 |
substituted by 81/1984 s 32 |
2.1.1985 |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
substituted by 23/2004 s 22 |
1.9.2004 |
Pt 9 |
|
|
heading |
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
|
amended by 44/2000 s 23 |
29.10.2000 |
|
(b) deleted by 81/1984 s 33 |
2.1.1985 |
|
(c) deleted by 35/1992 s 15 |
6.7.1992 |
amended by 24/1994 s 9 |
26.5.1994 |
|
ss 80—82 |
deleted by 81/1984 s 34 |
2.1.1985 |
s 83 |
deleted by 35/1992 s 161 |
6.7.1992 |
s 84 |
substituted by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
deleted by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
Pt 10 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
s 87 |
deleted by 115/1976 s 17 |
23.12.1976 |
s 88(1) amended by 81/1984 s 35(a) |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
s 88(1) redesignated as s 88 in pursuance of the Acts
Republication Act 1967 |
1.3.1985 |
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 44/2000 s 24 |
29.10.2000 |
deleted by 81/1984 s 35(b) |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 10 |
26.5.1994 |
|
ss 90 and 91 |
deleted by 81/1984 s 36 |
2.1.1985 |
amended by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
|
|
amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
|
amended by 33/2003 Sch (cl 15) |
1.7.2005 |
inserted by 49/1997 s 6 |
9.3.1998 |
|
Sch 1 |
deleted by 81/1984 Sch |
2.1.1985 |
Sch 2 |
substituted by Gazette 20 October 1977 p 1180 |
20.10.1977 |
|
substituted by Gazette 26 January 1978 p 368 |
26.1.1978 |
|
substituted by Gazette 4 October 1984 p 1035 |
4.10.1984 |
|
amended by Gazette 29 November 1984 p 1700 |
29.11.1984 |
|
substituted by Gazette 22 August 1985 p 510 |
22.8.1985 |
|
substituted by Gazette 20 August 1992 p 882 |
20.8.1992 |
|
deleted by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch) |
26.5.1994 |
Sch 3 |
24.11.2003 |
|
cl 1 |
inserted by 43/2006 s 142(1) |
1.6.2007 |
cl 2 |
amended by 11/1976 s 7 |
4.3.1976 |
|
substituted by 81/1984 s 37 |
2.1.1985 |
|
amended by 118/1985 s 3 |
1.12.1985 |
|
amended by 69/1997 s 9 |
17.12.1997 |
|
amended by 49/1997 s 7 |
9.3.1998 |
|
amended and redesignated as cl 2 by 43/2006 s 142(2),
(3) |
1.6.2007 |
Sch 5 |
amended by 44/2000 s 25 |
29.10.2000 |
|
deleted by 23/2004 s 23 |
14.3.2005 |
Sch 6 |
amended by 44/2000 s 26 |
29.10.2000 |
Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or
amendments
Juries (Jurors in Remote Areas) Amendment
Act 1994
12—Transitional provision
For the purposes of section 8(2) of the principal Act, the jury districts
constituted under subsection (1) of that section will, until varied by the
Governor under that section, be taken to have been declared to consist of the
subdivisions of which they were comprised immediately before the commencement of
this Act.
Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act
2006
143—Transitional provision
An amendment made by this Act to the Juries Act 1927 does not
affect the eligibility of a person to serve on a jury empanelled before the
commencement of the amendment.
Summary Procedure (Indictable Offences) Amendment Act
2017, Sch 2 Pt 14
41—Transitional provision
The amendments made by this Act apply to proceedings relating to an offence
that are commenced after the commencement of this Act, regardless of when the
offence occurred (and the Acts amended by this Act, as in force before the
commencement of this Act, continue to apply to proceedings that were commenced
before the commencement of this Act).
Historical versions
Reprint—1.3.1985 |
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Reprint No 1—15.8.1991 |
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Reprint No 2—6.7.1992 |
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Reprint No 3—20.8.1992 |
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Reprint No 4—26.5.1994 |
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Reprint No 5—17.10.1996 |
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Reprint No 6—17.12.1997 |
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Reprint No 7—9.3.1998 |
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Reprint No 8—29.10.2000 |
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Reprint No 9—24.11.2003 |
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1.9.2004 |
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14.3.2005 |
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1.7.2005 |
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15.5.2006 |
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4.9.2006 |
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1.6.2007 |
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17.6.2012 |
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16.6.2016 |
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