Jury Acts Amendment Act of 1958 (7 Eliz Ii No. 60) (Qld)

7 E liz . II. No. 60,1958. JURIES. Jury Acts Amendment Act. INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION. See L abour . INSPECTION OF MACHINERY. See L abour . INSPECTION OF SCAFFOLDING. See L abour . IRRIGATION. See W ater S upply and S ewerage . 317 JURIES. An Act to Amend “ The Jury Acts, 1929 to 1956/’ 7 E N l o i . z . 60I. I. T he J ury in certain particulars. A cts A mendment A ct op 1958. [A ssented to 12 th D ecember , 1958.] E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, B by and witb the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as “ The Jury Acts short title. Amendment Act of 1958.” (2.) *“ The Jury Acts , 1929 to 1956,” are in this ^™cipal Act referred to as the Principal Act. 0’ (3.) The Principal Act and this Act may be Collective collectively cited as “ The Jury Ads, 1929 to 19p8.” tltle‘ 2. Subparagraph (i.) of the first paragraph of section Amendment six of the Principal Act is amended by repealing therein of 8’6' the words “ sixty years ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ sixty-five years ”. * 20 G. 5 No. 19 and amending Acts.

318 JURIES. Jury Acts Amendment Act. 7 E liz . II. No. 60, Amendments of s. 20* 3 . Section twenty of the Principal Act is amended— (i.) By repealing therein the words “ four pounds four shillings ” where those words twice occur therein, and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words wherever so repealed, the words “ sixteen pounds ” ; and (ii.) By repealing the second paragraph of that section and by inserting, in lieu of that repealed paragraph, the following paragraph :— “ In any case where such sum has been duly paid and no trial is held and no juror duly summoned attends the Court for service as a juror at the trial, that sum less the amount, if any, necessarily expended by the sheriff in notifying jurors that their attendance will not be required at the trial shall on demand be returned to the party who paid the same.” Amendments 4. Subsection two of section twenty-two of the of*.22(2). Principal Act is amended— (i.) By repealing therein the words “ forty-eight ” where those words twice occur and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words wherever so repealed, the words “ thirty-six ” ; (ii.) By repealing therein the words “ four times ” and by inserting, in lieu of those repealed words, the words “ three times ” ; and (iii.) By inserting at the end thereof, the following provisoes:— “ Provided that where pursuant to the Rules of Court setting forth the sittings of the Supreme Courts and Circuit Courts for the instant year two judges are appointed to take the whole or any part of any criminal sittings of the Supreme Court or a Circuit Court or where in any other case it is arranged that the whole or any parr of any criminal sittings of the Supreme Court or a Circuit Court be taken by two judges, the precept shall require the sheriff or other person xo whom the same is directed to summon not less than forty-eight persons to come before such Court in its criminal jurisdiction :

JURIES. 1958. Jury Acts Amendment Act. Provided further that where it is appointed or arranged that two judges take a part only of any such sittings, then after the second of such judges ceases to take the sittings, the panel of jurors summoned to come before the Court shall, unless the Court or a judge otherwise orders, be reduced to thirty-six persons and accordingly jurors to the number necessary to reduce the panel to that number and being the jurors whose names were first duly drawn upon the selection of persons to serve as jurors at the Court shall be excused and discharged from further attendance at the Court for which they were duly summoned.” 319 5. Section thirty-two of the Principal Act is Amendment amended— of a- 32 (i.) By repealing in subsection one of that section the second proviso thereto (being the proviso commencing with the words “ Provided further that nothing in this Act ”); and (ii.) By inserting, after subsection one of that section, the following subsection :— “ (2 a .) The power of the Court in a criminal trial, standing upon application on behalf of the Crown, to order any Sliby juror to stand by is limited so that the number of jurors so ordered to stand by shall not exceed the number of peremptory challenges allowed to the person arraigned.” 6. Section thirty-five of the Principal Act is Amendments amended by, in subsection three thereof, repealing theofs‘35' word “ eighteen ” and inserting, in lieu of that repealed word, the word “ fourteen ”, and repealing the word “ twelve ” and inserting, in lieu of that repealed word, the word “ eight ”.