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SCHEDULE 1 - Persons disqualifSCHEDULE 1 - Persons disqualified from jury service
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# SCHEDULE 1 - Persons disqualif SCHEDULE 1 - Persons disqualified from jury service
[Section 6(2)](#GS6@Gs2@EN)
> **1. **Prison for indictable offences****
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> > > (1) A person is disqualified from jury service if the person has been convicted in Tasmania or another jurisdiction of one or more indictable offences and sentenced to –
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> > > > > (a) imprisonment for a term or terms in the aggregate of 3 years or more in respect of any one or more of those offences; or
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> > > > > (b) a period of detention for 3 years or more under a restriction order made under [section 75 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-059#GS75@EN) [Sentencing Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-059) or an equivalent order in another jurisdiction.
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> > > (2) A conviction in respect of which a free pardon has been granted is to be disregarded for the purpose of [subclause (1)](#JS1@GC1@Gc1@EN) .
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> > > (3) A person who has been convicted in Tasmania or another jurisdiction of one or more indictable offences and sentenced to imprisonment for a term or terms in the aggregate of not less than 3 months is disqualified from jury service for a period of 5 years from the completion of the term of imprisonment.
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> > > (4) A person who is under parole is taken to be serving a term of imprisonment.
> **2. **Community service order****
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> > A person who is subject to a community service order, a probation order or an undertaking to appear under the [Sentencing Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1997-059) is disqualified from jury service.
> **3. **Prison for offences****
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> > A person who is undergoing a term of imprisonment, whether or not the imprisonment is wholly or partly suspended, is disqualified from jury service.
> **4. **Remanded in custody****
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> > A person who is remanded in custody is disqualified from jury service.