Part 1 Offences Relating to Jurors
Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (2009 c 25) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 6 Offences

Section 33

Part 1 Offences Relating to Jurors

[Serving while disqualified, failure to attend etc]

1

(1)     It is an offence for a person to serve on a jury at an inquest if the person—

(a)     is disqualified from jury service (by reason of being a person listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Juries Act 1974 (c 23)), and

(b)     knows that he or she is disqualified from jury service.

(2)     A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

2

(1)     It is an offence for a person—

(a)     to refuse without reasonable excuse to answer any question put under section 8(5),

(b)     to give an answer to such a question knowing the answer to be false in a material particular, or

(c)     recklessly to give an answer to such a question that is false in a material particular.

(2)     A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

3

(1)

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