Victorian Numbered Acts

JURY DIRECTIONS AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 37 OF 2017) - SECT 21

After section 39(2) of the Juries Act 2000 insert —

    "(2A)     Each person arraigned must be given a reasonable opportunity to make each peremptory challenge that is allowed under subsection (1).

    (2B)     Without limiting subsection (2A), each person arraigned must be given an adequate opportunity to view the face of the potential juror before the potential juror is seated.

    (2C)     Nothing in this section requires a potential juror to walk past each person arraigned.

Note

The procedure of requiring potential jurors to walk past each person arraigned is known as a jury parade.".