Commonwealth Numbered Acts

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 No. 156 of 1976 - SECT 41

41. (1) Subject to this section and to any other law of the Commonwealth, the
laws in force in a State or Territory relating to-

   (a)  the qualification of jurors;

   (b)  the preparation of jury panels;

   (c)  the summoning, attendance and impanelling of juries;

   (d)  the number of jurors;

   (e)  the right of challenge;

   (f)  the discharge of juries;

   (g)  the disagreement of jurors;

   (h)  the remuneration of jurors; and

        (i)    other matters concerning jurors after they have been summoned,
               appointed or sworn, that apply for the purposes of the trial of
               civil proceedings in the Supreme Court of that State or
               Territory extend and shall be applied in civil proceedings in
               which a trial is had with a jury in the Court in that State or
               Territory, and for the purposes of such a trial the lists of
               jurors made for the purposes of the Supreme Court of the State
               or Territory shall be deemed to have been made as well for the
               purposes of the Court.

(2) The precept for a jury shall be issued by the Registrar or such other
officer of the Court as the Court or a Judge directs, and the Sheriff shall
prepare the jury panels and summon jurors.

(3) The amounts required for the remuneration of jurors in accordance with
this section are payable out of moneys provided by the Parliament.