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JURIES ACT 1927 - NOTES

Legislative history

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

Juries Act 1927

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

Statute Law Revision Act 1957

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

Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1991

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

Coroners Act 2003

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

inserted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003

s 1

substituted by 81/1984 s 3

2.1.1985

s 2

deleted by 81/1984 s 4

2.1.1985

s 3



s 3(1)



civil inquest

deleted by 44/2000 s 4

29.10.2000

civil trial

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

criminal trial

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

s 3(2)

deleted by 24/1994 s 2(b)

26.5.1994

s 4

deleted by 81/1984 Sch

2.1.1985

Pt 1



s 5

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

s 6

substituted by 81/1984 s 5

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 ss 3, 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


substituted by 44/2000 s 5

29.10.2000

s 6A

inserted by 44/2000 s 5

29.10.2000

s 6A(2)

amended by 23/2004 s 18(1)

1.9.2004

s 6A(3)

amended by 23/2004 s 18(2)

1.9.2004

s 7

substituted by 81/1984 s 5

2.1.1985

s 7(1)

amended by 24/1994 ss 4(a), 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


amended by 44/2000 s 6

29.10.2000

s 7(2)

amended by 24/1994 s 4(b)

26.5.1994

s 7(3a)

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

s 7(4)

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



s 8



s 8(1)

substituted by 24/1994 s 5(a)

26.5.1994

s 8(2)

substituted by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 8(3)

substituted by 24/1994 s 5(b)

26.5.1994


deleted by 67/1996 s 21

17.10.1996

s 8(4)

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

s 11(a1)

deleted by 81/1984 s 6(a)

2.1.1985

s 11

substituted by 28/2016 s 25

16.6.2016

s 12

substituted by 81/1984 s 7

2.1.1985

s 12(1)

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 12(1a)

inserted by 49/1997 s 3

9.3.1998

s 13

substituted by 81/1984 s 8

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 14

amended by 81/1984 s 9

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 ss 6, 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 14A

deleted by 11/1976 s 3

4.3.1976

s 15

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

s 16

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

s 16(1)

amended by 44/2000 s 8

29.10.2000

s 17

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

s 17

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

s 20

amended by 81/1984 Sch

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 21

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 22

deleted by 81/1984 Sch

2.1.1985

s 23

substituted by 81/1984 s 15

2.1.1985

s 23(3a)

inserted by 24/1994 s 7

26.5.1994

s 23A

deleted by 81/1984 s 15

2.1.1985

s 24

amended by 81/1984 Sch

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 25

inserted by 81/1984 s 16

2.1.1985

s 25(2)

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


amended by 44/2000 s 9

29.10.2000

Pt 5



s 29



s 29(1)

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

s 29(2)

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

s 29(5)

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

s 30



s 30(1)

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


amended by 23/2004 s 19

14.3.2005

s 30(2)

deleted by 11/1976 s 4(a)

4.3.1976

s 30(3)

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

s 32

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

s 33

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

Pt 6



s 42

amended by 81/1984 s 20

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


amended by 44/2000 s 12

29.10.2000

s 43

substituted by 81/1984 s 21

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 46

amended by 81/1984 s 22

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


amended by 44/2000 s 13

29.10.2000

s 47

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

s 54

substituted by 81/1984 s 24

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 55

amended by 81/1984 Sch

2.1.1985


substituted by 44/2000 s 15

29.10.2000

s 55(2)

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

s 56

amended by 115/1976 s 16

23.12.1976


substituted by 81/1984 s 25

2.1.1985

s 56(1)

amended by 44/2000 s 16

29.10.2000

s 56(2)

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


amended by 44/2000 s 16

29.10.2000

s 57

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

s 59



s 59(1)

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

s 59(2)

amended by 81/1984 s 28(b)

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 59(3)

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 60

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


amended by 44/2000 s 18

29.10.2000

s 60A



s 60A(1)

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 60A(2)

amended by 44/2000 s 19

29.10.2000


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

s 61

amended by 81/1984 s 29, Sch

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 ss 8, 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


substituted by 44/2000 s 20

29.10.2000

s 62

deleted by 81/1984 s 30

2.1.1985

s 63

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

s 64

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

ss 65 and 66

substituted by 81/1984 s 31

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 67

substituted by 81/1984 s 31

2.1.1985

s 68

substituted by 81/1984 s 31

2.1.1985


amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 69

substituted by 81/1984 s 31

2.1.1985

s 69(1)

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994


amended by 44/2000 s 22

29.10.2000

s 69(2)

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

Pt 8

substituted by 81/1984 s 32

2.1.1985

s 70

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

s 78



s 78(1)

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

s 78(2)

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



ss 85 and 86

amended by 24/1994 s 11 (Sch)

26.5.1994

s 87

deleted by 115/1976 s 17

23.12.1976

s 88

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

s 88(2)

deleted by 81/1984 s 35(b)

2.1.1985

s 89



s 89(1)

amended by 24/1994 s 10

26.5.1994

ss 90 and 91

deleted by 81/1984 s 36

2.1.1985

s 92

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

s 93

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

heading substituted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

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


Reprint No 1—15.8.1991


Reprint No 2—6.7.1992


Reprint No 3—20.8.1992


Reprint No 4—26.5.1994


Reprint No 5—17.10.1996


Reprint No 6—17.12.1997


Reprint No 7—9.3.1998


Reprint No 8—29.10.2000


Reprint No 9—24.11.2003


1.9.2004


14.3.2005


1.7.2005


15.5.2006


4.9.2006


1.6.2007


17.6.2012


16.6.2016




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