50Court may allow jury to separate after retiring to consider verdict

50 Court may allow jury to separate after retiring to consider verdict (1) Subject to subsection (2) but despite any rule of law or practice to the contrary, the court may— (a) allow the jury to separate; or (b) allow an individual juror to separate from the jury if, in the opinion of the court, there is good reason to do so— after the jury has retired to consider its verdict and before the verdict is given or the jurors are discharged. S. 50(2) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 74.6). (2) A court may allow a jury or juror to separate in accordance with subsection (1) only if each separating juror has taken an oath or made an affirmation in the form of Schedule 5.