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Schedule 1—Persons disqualified from serving as jurors
Section 5(2)
1. A person who has been convicted, in Victoria or another jurisdiction, of treason or one or more indictable offences and sentenced to—
(a) imprisonment for a term or terms in the aggregate of 3 years or more; or
Sch. 1 cl. 1(b) amended by No. 69/2005 s. 29.
(b) a period of detention, for 3 years or more, under a hospital security order made under section 93A of the **Sentencing Act 1991** or an equivalent order in another jurisdiction—
2. A person who within the last 10 years has been, in Victoria or another jurisdiction—
Sch. 1 cl. 2(a) substituted by No. 43/2002 s. 9(1)(a).
(a) sentenced to imprisonment for a term or terms in the aggregate of 3 months or more (excluding a suspended sentence of imprisonment); or
Sch. 1 cl. 2(b) amended by Nos 43/2002 s. 9(1)(b), 69/2005 s. 29.
(b) ordered to be detained, for a period of 3 months or more, under a hospital security order made under section 93A of the **Sentencing Act 1991** or an equivalent order in another jurisdiction—
3. A person who within the last 5 years, in Victoria or another jurisdiction—
Sch. 1 cl. 3(a) amended by No. 43/2002 s. 9(2)(a).
(a) has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term or terms in the aggregate of less than 3 months; or
Sch. 1 cl. 3(b) amended by Nos 43/2002 s. 9(2)(b), 69/2005 s. 29.
(b) has been ordered to be detained, for a period of less than 3 months under a hospital security order made under section 93A of the **Sentencing Act 1991** or an equivalent order in another jurisdiction; or
Sch. 1 cl. 3(c) amended by No. 65/2011 s. 107(Sch. item 7.1).
(c) has served a sentence of imprisonment by way of intensive correction in the community within the meaning of the **Sentencing Act 1991** as in force before the commencement of section 15 of the **Sentencing Amendment (Community Correction Reform) Act 2011**, or an equivalent sentence in another jurisdiction; or
(d) has been sentenced to a suspended sentence of imprisonment; or
Sch. 1 cl. 3(e) amended by No. 48/2006 s. 42(Sch. item 20).
(e) has served a sentence of detention in a youth justice centre or youth residential centre or an equivalent sentence in another jurisdiction—
Sch. 1 cl. 4 amended by No. 65/2011 s. 107(Sch. item 7.2).
4. A person in respect of whom a court in Victoria (including the Magistrates' Court) or another jurisdiction, has, within the last 5 years, made an old community-based order (within the meaning of clause 1 of Schedule 3 to the **Sentencing Act 1991**), or an equivalent order in another jurisdiction, but any conviction, or finding of guilt, of an offence in respect of which a free pardon has been granted must be disregarded.
Sch. 1 cl. 4A inserted by No. 65/2011 s. 107(Sch. item 7.3).
4A. A person in respect of whom a court in Victoria (including the Magistrates' Court), has, within the last 5 years, made a community correction order under Part 3A of the **Sentencing Act 1991**, or an equivalent of a community-based sentence in another jurisdiction, but any conviction, or finding of guilt, of an offence in respect of which a free pardon has been granted must be disregarded.
5. A person who within the last 2 years—
(a) has been sentenced by a court, in Victoria (including the Magistrates' Court) or another jurisdiction, for an offence; or
(b) has been released on the giving of an undertaking under section 72 or 75 of the **Sentencing Act 1991**, or an equivalent undertaking in another jurisdiction.
6. A person who has been charged with an indictable offence and is released on bail in respect of that offence.
7. A person who is remanded in custody in respect of an alleged offence.
8. A person who has been declared bankrupt and has not obtained a discharge.