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JURIES ACTS
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- 1JURIES ACT 1974To be eligible a person must: be aged 18-70, be on electoral register, lived in the UK for 5 years since their 13th birthday
- 2S7 MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1983Anyone with a mental illness, psychopathic disorder, mental handicap and is in hospital on a regular basis for treatment can be disqualified
- 3S5 JURIES ACT 1974allows the right to challenge a whole jury on the basis it was chosen in a biased manner
- 4S8 CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT 1981Made it contempt to disclose, obtain or solicit information about what had happened in the jury room
- 5S44 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 2003If there has been an attempt to tamper with the jury the prosecution can apply for the trial to be heard by a judge alone
- 6CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND INVESTIGATIONS ACT 1996allows a retrial to take place if jury tampering is later discovered
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- AS - Level Law FlashCards sobre JURIES ACTS, criado por Lucy Sheard em 05-05-2016.
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