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OATHS ACT 1867 - SECT 31A

31A Oath of police officer assisting bailiff in charge of jury

(1) Police officers may be sworn to assist bailiffs in charge of juries in the following form or to the like effect--

'You swear that you will assist the bailiff in charge of this jury in keeping them in some safe and private place and allow no-one but the bailiff to communicate with them and not communicate with them yourself without leave of the court So help you God.'.

(2) A police officer who is about to assume the duty another police officer has sworn (in accordance with subsection (1)) to carry out in respect of a jury may be sworn to carry out that duty by the bailiff in charge of the jury in the form prescribed by that subsection or to the like effect.



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