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Crimes Act 1961

Procedure - Trial and sentence

374: Discharge of juror or jury

You could also call this:

"This rule about letting go of a juror or the whole jury during a trial no longer exists."

This part of the law used to be about letting a juror or the whole jury go. It was called 'Discharge of juror or jury'. However, this part doesn't exist anymore. On 1 July 2013, they got rid of it. They did this by changing the Crimes Act. The change that removed this part is called the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011.

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Part 12Procedure
Trial and sentence

374Discharge of juror or jury (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 374: repealed, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).