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FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ACT 1976 No. 156 of 1976 - SECT 42
Offences in relation to jurors.
42. (1) A person who has been served with a summons to attend as a juror or
otherwise lawfully appointed to serve as a juror shall not, without reasonable
excuse-
(a) fail to attend in accordance with the summons or appointment; or
(b) having attended in accordance with the summons or appointment,
withdraw himself from the presence of the Court, without the
permission of the Sheriff, before being discharged or excused by a
Judge or the Sheriff.
Penalty: $200 or imprisonment for 1 month.
(2) A person shall not personate, or attempt to personate, a juror for the
purpose of sitting as that person on a jury.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 3 months.
(3) A person shall not-
(a) corrupt, or attempt to corrupt, a juror;
(b) except in accordance with this Act, make or promise a payment to a
juror, or confer or promise to confer any other benefit on a juror, in
relation to his service as a juror, other than a payment of the
ordinary remuneration of the juror's employment; or
(c) being a juror, accept such a payment or benefit.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.
(4) In this section, ''juror'' includes a person whose name is on a jury
panel.
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