Schedule 5 Amendment of Jury Act 1977 No 18

(Section 3)

[1]   Section 54 Jury permitted to separate in criminal trials

Insert at the end of the section:

  

(2)  An order under subsection (1) (b) may be made even if the jury in the proceedings is not present when the order is made.

[2]   Section 68 Disclosure etc of identity or address of juror

Omit “In the case of a corporation, 50 penalty units; in any other case, 20 penalty units” from section 68 (1).

Insert instead “In the case of a corporation, $250,000; in any other case, 2 years imprisonment or 50 penalty units (or both)”.

[3]   Section 71 Proceedings for offences

Insert after section 71 (1):

  

(1A)  Proceedings for an offence under section 68 by a corporation may be dealt with:

(a)  summarily before a Local Court, or

(b)  summarily before the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction.

(1B)  If proceedings for an offence under section 68 by a corporation are brought in a Local Court, the maximum monetary penalty that the Local Court may impose for the offence is $10,000, despite any higher maximum monetary penalty provided in respect of the offence by that section.