Victorian Current Acts

JURIES ACT 2000 - SECT 26

    (1)     The Juries Commissioner must provide to the Chief Commissioner of Police a copy of each jury list.

    (2)     The Chief Commissioner of Police—

        (a)     must cause enquiries to be made as to whether a person named on the jury list has, or is alleged to have, committed an offence in Victoria in order to determine whether the person is disqualified under section 5(2) from jury service; and

        (b)     may cause enquiries to be made as to whether a person named on the jury list has, or is alleged to have, committed an offence outside Victoria in order to determine whether the person is disqualified under section 5(2) from jury service—

and report the result of those enquiries to the Juries Commissioner.

    (3)     If an enquiry under subsection (2) reveals that a person named on a jury list is disqualified, the Juries Commissioner must remove the person's name from the list.