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Criminal Code Act 1983
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368 Majority verdict
Where upon a trial a period of not less than 6 hours has elapsed
since the jury retired and the jurors are not unanimously agreed
upon their verdict the court shall:
(a) if the jury consists of 11 or 12 jurors and 10 of those jurors are
agreed upon a verdict to be given, take and enter that verdict
as the verdict of the jury; or
(b) if the jury consists of 10 jurors and 9 of those jurors are
agreed upon a verdict to be given, take and enter that verdict
as the verdict of the jury.
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