Jury Act 1977 No 18
Current version for 11 January 2013 to date (accessed 25 May 2013 at 23:50)
Part 9Section 62

62   Supply of false or misleading information to sheriff

(1)  A person must not provide any information to the sheriff that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material respect:
(a)  when claiming to be disqualified from serving as a juror or to be ineligible to serve as a juror or to be entitled as of right to be exempted from serving as a juror, or
(b)  when claiming otherwise that the person is not or will not be available for jury service.
(2)  A person must not cause or permit any representation the person knows to be false or misleading in a material respect to be made to the sheriff on the person’s behalf, or on behalf of another person, for the purpose of evading jury service.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

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