Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this section:
"juror" includes a person whose name is on a jury panel.
(2) A person who is served with a summons to attend as a juror in a trial in an indictment court held wholly or partly in a State shall not:
(a) fail to attend in accordance with the summons; or
(b) having so attended, withdraw from the presence of the court, without the permission of the Sheriff, before being discharged or excused by a judge of the court or the Sheriff.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 month or 2 penalty units .
(2A) Subsection ( 2) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection ( 2A) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).
(3) A person shall not personate a person who is a juror with the intention of sitting on a jury.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units .
(4) A person shall not:
(a) engage in conduct that results in the corruption of a juror;
(b) make or promise a payment to a juror, or confer or promise to confer any other benefit on a juror in relation to the person's service as a juror, other than a payment of the ordinary remuneration of the juror's employment; or
(c) being a juror, accept such a payment or benefit.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(5) In this section:
"engage in conduct" means:
(a) do an act; or
(b) omit to perform an act.