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Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
58AFFalse or misleading information to avoid jury service
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#### 58AF False or misleading information to avoid jury service
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person gives information to the Court, the Sheriff or another officer of the Court; and
(b) the information:
(i) is false or misleading; or
(ii) omits any matter or thing without which the information is misleading; and
(c) the person does so with the intent of avoiding service as a juror.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(i) if the information is not false or misleading in a material particular.
> Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2)—see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply as a result of subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) if the information did not omit any matter or thing without which the information is misleading in a material particular.
> Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3)—see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.