Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00106:clause:1_58af
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009A00106
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 58AF
Character Range: 109166–110204

58AF  False or misleading information to avoid jury service
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person gives information to the Court, the Sheriff or another officer of the Court; and
 (b) the information:
 (i) is false or misleading; or
 (ii) omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading; and
 (c) the person does so with the intent of avoiding service as a juror.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(i) if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2)—see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) if the information did not omit any matter or thing without which the information is misleading in a material particular.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3)—see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.